²³ And He was saying to them all, “^(A)If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

¹⁵ and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer ^(A)live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf.

²⁴ Truly, truly I say to you, ^(A)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (B)The one who loves his ^[a]life loses it, and the one who ^(C)hates his ^[b]life in this world will keep it ^[c]to eternal life.

⁷ For not one of us ^(A)lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; ⁸ for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore ^(B)whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. ⁹ For to this end ^(C)Christ died and lived again, that He might be ^(D)Lord both of the dead and of the living.

³¹ I affirm, brothers and sisters, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, that ^(A)I die daily.

²² And now, behold, bound by the ^[a]Spirit, ^(A)I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, ²³ except that ^(B)the Holy Spirit solemnly ^(C)testifies to me in every city, saying that ^(D)chains and afflictions await me. ²⁴ But ^(E)I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may ^(F)finish my course and ^(G)the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to ^(H)testify solemnly of the gospel of ^(I)God’s grace.