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 is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
• 1 Cor 9:23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
• Luke 17:33Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
• 2 Tim 1:8So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
• Matt 16:25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
• Matt 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
• John 12:25–26Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• Luke 9:24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
• 2 Cor 12:10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
• Matt 19:29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
• Matt 5:10–12Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
• Rev 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
• Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• John 15:20–21Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.
• Acts 21:13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
• Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• 2 Tim 4:6–8For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
• Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
• 1 Pet 4:12–16Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
• Jer 26:20–24Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
• Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
• Rev 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Esth 4:11–16“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
• Heb 11:35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

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