Luke 9:24

WEB

²⁴For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it.

KJV

²⁴For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

BSB

²⁴For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

FBV

²⁴“For if you want to save your life, you will lose it; and if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it.

Extra References

Luke 17:33

³³Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

John 12:25

²⁵He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

²³except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me. ²⁴But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Revelation 2:10

¹⁰Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 12:11

¹¹They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Hebrews 11:35

³⁵Women received their dead by resurrection.Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.