24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.
24 for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall loseD7285 it, but whosoever shall loseD7286 his life for my sake, *he* shall save it.
lose - I am not satisfied with 'lose' here, but it must be read in connexion with what immediately follows. The word is the same as 'destroyed' in ver. 25. It means both 'lose' and 'destroy.' see Rom. 14.15; 1Cor. 8.11, 'perish.' lose - I am not satisfied with 'lose' here, but it must be read in connexion with what immediately follows. The word is the same as 'destroyed' in ver. 25. It means both 'lose' and 'destroy.' see Rom. 14.15; 1Cor. 8.11, 'perish.'
24 “For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”
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