Matthew 16:25
Those who want to secure their own life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Conversion of Watchman Nee cites Matthew 16:25
…his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it” (Matthew 16:25, ASV). The paradox is central to Christian conversion. What is yielded to Christ is not…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
The Call to Follow cites MATTHEW 16:25
…save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. MATTHEW 16:25 That is the paradox of the call. Everything is lost, and everything is found. The…
- The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton ·
The Furious Opposites cites MATTHEW 16:25
…save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. MATTHEW 16:25 So it was with humility and dignity. The pagan world had tried to find a balance: a man…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
Conclusion cites MATTHEW 16:25
…save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. MATTHEW 16:25 A last word about the woman In her last years she could no longer write, speak or…
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
God’s Wheat cites MATTHEW 16:25
…save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. MATTHEW 16:25 And his fundamental conviction is one we should share: that the Christian life does not…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
We Are Not Our Own cites MATTHEW 16:25
…save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. MATTHEW 16:25 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Read Calvin’s chapter on self-denial (Institutes 3.7) this…
- They Were Young – Book 4: Sent ·
Jim Elliot: The Man Who Would Not Keep His Life cites Matthew 16:25
…to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it” (Matthew 16:25). Jim believed him, and was finding out how hard that was. It is fair to say that not…
- Orthodoxy (For Teens) ·
The Odd Shape cites Matthew 16:25
…his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.” — Matthew 16:25 (KJV) When Chesterton was young and not yet a believer, he read a lot of books attacking…