Matthew 16:25

25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

Matthew 16:25 in Other Translations

KJV
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
ESV
25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
NLT
25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
MSG
25 Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self.
CSB
25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

Matthew 16:25 In-Context

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
25 For whoever wants to save their lifewill lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

Cross References 1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. The Greek word means either "life" or "soul" ; also in verse 26.
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