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Luke 9:24-25 KJV
Luke · chapter 9 · verses 24–25
24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?Luke 9:24-25 · King James Version
Luke 9:24-25 in context
22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
27But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- advantagedōpheleōto assist, to be useful or advantageous, to profitG5623 →
- whosoeverhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- whosoeveranhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- himselfheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- wholeholosall, whole, completelyG3650 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- savesōzōto save, keep safe and sound, to rescue from danger or destruction, one , to save a…G4982 →
- lifepsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
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In these verses, we have Christ discoursing with his disciples about the great things that pertained to the kingdom of God; and one circumstance of this discourse is taken notice of here which we had not in the other evangelists - that Christ was alone praying, and his disciples with him, when he entered into this…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-27