John 12:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

New Living Translation
Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.

English Standard Version
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Berean Study Bible
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

New American Standard Bible
The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

NASB 1995
"He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

NASB 1977
“He who loves his life loses it; and he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

Amplified Bible
The one who loves his life [eventually] loses it [through death], but the one who hates his life in this world [and is concerned with pleasing God] will keep it for life eternal.

Christian Standard Bible
The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Contemporary English Version
If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.

Good News Translation
Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Those who love their lives will destroy them, and those who hate their lives in this world will guard them for everlasting life.

International Standard Version
The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

NET Bible
The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

New King James Version
He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

King James 2000 Bible
He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

New Heart English Bible
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to everlasting life.

World English Bible
He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

American King James Version
He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

American Standard Version
He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

A Faithful Version
The one who loves his life shall lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life.

Darby Bible Translation
He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.

English Revised Version
He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it to life eternal.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
He that loueth his lyfe, shall destroy it: and he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde, shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He that loueth his life, shal lose it: and he that hateth his life in this worlde, shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
He that loveth his lyfe shall destroye it: and he yt hateth his lyfe in this worlde shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
he who is cherishing his life will lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world will keep it to continuous life;

Berean Literal Bible
The one loving his life loses it, and the one hating his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

Young's Literal Translation
he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

Smith's Literal Translation
He loving his soul shall lose it; but he hating his soul in this world, shall guard it for life eternal.

Literal Emphasis Translation
The one loving his life loses it, and the one hating his life in this world will keep it unto life eternal.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Itself remaineth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it unto life eternal.

Catholic Public Domain Version
it remains alone. But if it dies, it yields much fruit. Whoever loves his life, will lose it. And whoever hates his life in this world, preserves it unto eternal life.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Whoever loves his life shall destroy it and whoever hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.”

Lamsa Bible
He who loves his life will lose it; and he who has no concern for his life in this world will keep it unto life eternal.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to eternal life.

Godbey New Testament
The one loving his soul shall lose it; but the one that hateth his soul in this world will preserve it unto eternal life.

Haweis New Testament
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal.

Mace New Testament
he that loveth his life, shall lose it: but he that sacrifices his life in this world, shall preserve it to eternity.

Weymouth New Testament
He who holds his life dear, is destroying it; and he who makes his life of no account in this world shall keep it to the Life of the Ages.

Worrell New Testament
He who loves his soul loses it; and he who hates his soul in this world will keep it unto life eternal.

Worsley New Testament
So he, that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it unto life eternal.
















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