'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

'And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'