John 12:25 Cross References
John 12:25
25: Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who despise their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Matthew 10:39
- If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will find it.
Luke 17:33
- Whoever clings to this life will lose it, and whoever loses this life will save it.
Mark 8:35
- If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life.
Matthew 16:25
- If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.
Luke 14:26
- "If you want to be my follower you must love me more than your own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters--yes, more than your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
Luke 9:23
- Then he said to the crowd, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross daily, and follow me.
- If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life.
Acts 20:24
- But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus--the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love.
Revelation 12:11
- And they have defeated him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of their testimony. And they were not afraid to die.
Matthew 19:29
- And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will have eternal life.
Acts 21:13
- But he said, "Why all this weeping? You are breaking my heart! For I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but also to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
Ecclesiastes 2:17
- So now I hate life because everything done here under the sun is so irrational. Everything is meaningless, like chasing the wind.
Genesis 29:30
- So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her more than Leah. He then stayed and worked the additional seven years.
- But because Leah was unloved, the LORD let her have a child, while Rachel was childless.
- So Leah became pregnant and had a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me."
- She soon became pregnant again and had another son. She named him Simeon, for she said, "The LORD heard that I was unloved and has given me another son."
Hebrews 11:35
- Women received their loved ones back again from death. But others trusted God and were tortured, preferring to die rather than turn from God and be free. They placed their hope in the resurrection to a better life.