³⁵ For ^(A)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

¹¹ This is a faithful saying:

²³ Now this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be partaker of it with you.

Not Ashamed of the Gospel

^8 (A)Therefore do not be ashamed of ^(B)the testimony of our Lord, nor of me ^(C)His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,

^33 (A)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

²⁵ For ^(A)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

^39 (A)He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

^25 (A)He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves Me, let him ^(B)follow Me; and ^(C)where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

^29 (A)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother ^[a]or wife or children or ^[b]lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

¹⁰ Therefore ^(A)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. ^(B)For when I am weak, then I am strong.