KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “For” | γὰρ | Properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles) | For |
| “whosoever” | ὃς | The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that | whosoever |
| “will” | θέλῃ | To determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e., choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e., be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in | will |
| “save” | σῶσαι | To save, i.e., deliver or protect (literally or figuratively) | save |
| “his” | αὐτοῦ | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | his |
| “life” | ψυχὴν | Breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416) | life |
| “shall lose” | ἀπολέσει | To destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively | lose |
| “it:” | αὐτήν· | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | it |
| “and” | δ' | But, and, etc | and |
| “whosoever” | ὃς | The relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that | whosoever |
| “will lose” | ἀπολέσῃ | To destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively | lose |
| “his” | αὐτοῦ | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | his |
| “life” | ψυχὴν | Breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew H5315, H7307 and H2416) | life |
| “for” | ἕνεκεν | On account of | for |
| “my” | ἐμοῦ | Of me | my |
| “sake” | ἕνεκεν | On account of | sake |
| “shall find” | εὑρήσει | To find (literally or figuratively) | find |
| “it.” | αὐτήν | The reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons | it |
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23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
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