因为，凡要救自己生命的，必丧掉生命；凡为我和福音丧掉生命的，必救了生命。

因为凡要救自己生命的，必丧失生命；凡为我和福音丧失生命的，必救自己的生命。

因为凡要救自己生命的，必丧失生命；凡为我和福音丧失生命的，必救自己的生命。

因为想救自己生命的，必失去生命；但为了我和福音而失去生命的，必得到生命。

凡是想救自己生命的，必丧掉生命；但为我和福音牺牲生命的，必救了生命。

因为凡想要保全自己生命的，将失去生命；凡为我和福音的缘故失去自己生命的，将保全生命。

因為，凡要救自己生命的，必喪掉生命；凡為我和福音喪掉生命的，必救了生命。

因為凡要救自己生命的，必喪失生命；凡為我和福音喪失生命的，必救自己的生命。

因為凡要救自己生命的，必喪失生命；凡為我和福音喪失生命的，必救自己的生命。

因為想救自己生命的，必失去生命；但為了我和福音而失去生命的，必得到生命。

凡是想救自己生命的，必喪掉生命；但為我和福音犧牲生命的，必救了生命。

因為凡想要救自己性命的、必失掉真性命；凡為我和福音的緣故失掉自己性命的、必救得真性命。

因為凡想要保全自己生命的，將失去生命；凡為我和福音的緣故失去自己生命的，將保全生命。

蓋欲救其生者將喪之、為我及福音喪其生者、將救之、

凡欲救生命者、反喪之、為我及福音而喪生命者、必救之、

凡欲救其生命者、反喪之、為我及福音而喪生命者、必救之、

欲救其生者、將喪其生；為予及福音而舍其生者、終必獲生。

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me and for the good news will save it.

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.

If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.

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.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings. (niv)

Here is a trustworthy saying: If we died with him, we will also live with him;if we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. (niv)

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. (niv)

Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. (niv)

Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. (niv)

Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. (niv)

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. (niv)

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. (niv)

Remember what I told you:‘ A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. (niv)

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler.However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name. (niv)

I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” (niv)

I answered,“ Sir, you know.” And he said,“ These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (niv)

They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (niv)

That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (niv)

However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me— the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. (niv)

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. (niv)

Then 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.” (niv)

Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.“ Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets. (niv)

For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day— and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. (niv)

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. (niv)

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.“ Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (niv)

You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. (niv)

( Now Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim was another man who prophesied in the name of the Lord; he prophesied the same things against this city and this land as Jeremiah did.When King Jehoiakim and all his officers and officials heard his words, the king was determined to put him to death. But Uriah heard of it and fled in fear to Egypt.King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan son of Akbor to Egypt, along with some other men.They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)Furthermore, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, and so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death. (niv)

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. (niv)

“ All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai,he sent back this answer:“ Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape.For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:“ Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” (niv)