25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
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He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-28)Christ, having shown his disciples that he must suffer, and that he was ready and willing to suffer, here shows them that they must suffer too, and must be ready and willing. It is a weighty discourse that we have in these verses. I. Here is the law of discipleship laid down, and the terms fixed, upon which we may have the honour and benefit of it, Matt. 16:24. He said this to his disciples, not o…
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