Mark 8:35

Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses it for Christ and the gospel will save it. True life is found in surrender to Jesus.

Cross-references · 25

• 2 Tim 2:11–13This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.
• 1 Cor 9:23Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
• Luke 17:33Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
• 2 Tim 1:8Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,
• Matt 16:25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
• Matt 10:39He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
• John 12:25–26He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.
• Luke 9:24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.
• 2 Cor 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Matt 19:29Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
• Matt 5:10–12Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Acts 9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
• Rev 12:11They 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.
• Matt 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
• John 15:20–21Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• Rev 2:10Don’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.
• 2 Tim 4:6–8For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
• Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
• 1 Pet 4:12–16Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
• Jer 26:20–24There was also a man who prophesied in Yahweh’s name, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.
• Acts 20:24But 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.
• Rev 7:14I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
• Esth 4:11–16“All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
• Heb 11:35Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

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