Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care
nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity ~ John 12:25.
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
Luke 9:24
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
Luke 14:26
"If
anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and
children and brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be
My disciple.
Luke 17:33
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Let us search whether Christ be in us... the hope of glory; let us beg him
to make us indifferent to the trifling concerns of this life, that we
may serve the Lord Jesus with a willing mind, and follow his holy
example ~ Matthew Henry Commentary
The sense is... that whoever is so in love with this present temporal life, as to be anxiously careful of it and takes all precautions to secure it rather than to expose it to any danger... chooses to deny the faith of Christ, and desert his cause and interest ~ Gill's Exposition Commentary
ReplyDeleteAnd I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes...but with good deeds as is proper for women who profess to worship God.
ReplyDelete~ 1 Timothy 2:9-10