For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Women received their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, that they might rise again to a better life.
And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.