He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

And whoever will give one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink, because he is a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life?

It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown in the ground, is less than all seeds that are in the ground;

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake and the gospel s, shall save it.

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own life?

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink on this account, because you are Christ s, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

Salt is good; but if the salt become taste less, by what means shall it become salt again?

Or, what woman that has ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully till she find it?

Whoever will seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life, shall save it.

And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all that he gives me, I shall lose nothing, but shall raise it up at the last day.

He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to eternal life.

And when we had sailed across the sea opposite Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

and coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which is the city of Lasea.

saying: Men, I perceive that this voyage will be with damage and much loss, not only to the cargo and the ship, but also to our lives.

But, after long abstinence from food, Paul stood up in the midst of them, and said: men, you ought to have been persuaded by me, and not to have put to sea from Crete; and you would have avoided this damage and loss.

And now, I exhort you to be of good cheer; for there shall be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.

Now, if their fall be the riches of the world, and their loss be the riches of the Gentiles, how much more shall their full acceptance be the riches of the world?

if any man's work be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so, as through fire.

And those members of the body, which, we think, are less honorable, around these we place the more abundant honor; and our uncomely members have the more abundant comeliness:

For our present light affliction works out for us an eternal fullness of glory, excelling all excellence, ls while we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen: for the things seen are temporal; but the things not seen are eternal.

For behold this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner; what earnestness it produced in you; what defense of yourselves; what indignation; what fear; what strong affection; what zeal; what assertion of right. In all respects you have shown yourselves to be blame less in this matter.

I, indeed, will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

I sent him, therefore, the sooner, that, by seeing him again, you might rejoice, and that I might be the less sorrowful.

But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.

Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

A bishop, then, must be blame less, the husband of one wife, watchful, soberminded, modest, hospitable, able to teach,

For the bishop must be blame less, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not passionate, not fond of wine, not quarrelsome, not one who makes money by base means;

And, without any contradiction, the less is blessed by the better.

For such a high priest is suited to us, who is holy, harm less, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

Look to yourselves, that we lose not the things that we have gained, but that we receive a full reward.