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Matthew 10:39
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Matthew 10:39
39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
39*He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
- Iohn 12.25.
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DEFINED WORDS
Matthew 10:39
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The state of living; the period or manner of one's existence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To be deprived of, fail to keep or obtain, destroy, waste, or cause to perish, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To lose: to be deprived of, fail to keep or obtain, destroy, waste, or cause to perish.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Cause, account, purpose, interest, or benefit; used in phrases meaning because of or for the benefit of someone or something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Open the full verse study25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
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Open the full verse study35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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Open the full verse study33Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
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Open the full verse study25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
26For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Open the full verse study24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
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Open the full verse study10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
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Open the full verse study20According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
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Open the full verse study6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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