25 For (A)whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall [a]find it.

26 (B)For what shall it profit a man though he should win the whole world, if he lose his own soul? or what shall a man give for recompense of his soul?

27 For the son of man shall come [b]in the glory of his Father with his Angels, and (C)then shall he give to every man according to his deeds.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:25 Shall gain himself: And this is his meaning, they that deny Christ to save themselves, do not only not gain that which they look for, but also lose the thing they would have kept, that is themselves, which loss is the greatest of all: but as for them that doubt not to die for Christ, it fareth far otherwise with them.
  2. Matthew 16:27 Like a King, as Matt. 6:29.

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