²⁵ For whoever wants to save their life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.^(A)

³⁹ Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.^(A)

³⁵ For whoever wants to save their life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.^(A)

²⁵ Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it^(A) for eternal life.^(B)

³³ Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.^(A)

²³ I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me^(A) that prison and hardships are facing me.^{(B) 24} However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;^(C) my only aim is to finish the race^(D) and complete the task^(E) the Lord Jesus has given me^(F)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.^(G)

¹⁶ “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast^(A) for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”^(B)

¹⁴ For if you remain silent^(A) at this time, relief^(B) and deliverance^(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”^(D)