Matthew
Matthew 16:25
25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| whoever | ὃς | hos | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| wants | θέλῃ | thelē | Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2309 I will, wish, desire |
| to save | σῶσαι | sōsai | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G4982 I save, heal |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| life | ψυχὴν | psychēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5590 the soul, life, self |
| will lose | ἀπολέσει | apolesei | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G622 I destroy, lose, am perishing |
| it | αὐτήν | autēn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| but | δ’ | d’ | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| whoever | ὃς | hos | Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3739 who, which, what, that |
| loses | ἀπολέσῃ | apolesē | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular | G622 I destroy, lose, am perishing |
| his | αὐτοῦ | autou | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| life | ψυχὴν | psychēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G5590 the soul, life, self |
| for My sake | ἕνεκεν | heneken | Preposition | G1752 for the sake of, on account of, wherefore |
| will find | εὑρήσει | heurēsei | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2147 I find |
| it | αὐτήν | autēn | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Feminine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Matthew 10:39 · Revelation 12:11 · Mark 8:35 · John 12:25 · Luke 17:33 · Acts 20:23–24 · Esther 4:16 · Esther 4:14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.