- If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
- If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you 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, you 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.
- It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
- You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
- And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
- And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.