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Luke 9:24

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

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ὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.θέλῃthelēwillθέλω (thelō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.willτὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχὴνpsuchēnlifeψυχή (psuchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “life”, the object formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.This verse uses “life”.lifeαὐτοῦautouitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “it”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itσῶσαιsōsaito shall saveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to shall save”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.shall saveἀπολέσειapoleseito destroyἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to destroy”, an action still aheadG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).This verse uses “destroy”.αὐτήνautēnitαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “it”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.itὃςhoswhichὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “which”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.δ’dbutδέ (de)conjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ἀπολέσῃapolesēto destroyἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “to destroy”, a single actionG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).This verse uses “destroy”.τὴνtēntheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ψυχὴνpsuchēnsoulψυχή (psuchē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “soul”, the object formG5590(a) the vital breath, breath of life, (b) the human soul, (c) the soul as the seat of affections and will, (d) the self, (e) a human person, an individual.αὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἕνεκενhenekenbecause ofἕνεκενpreposition — “because of”G1752for the sake of, on account of, on account of which, wherefore, on account of what, why.ἐμοῦemouIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.οὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.σώσειsōseito saveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to save”, an action still aheadG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.αὐτήνautēnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

Young’s Literal Translation

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

World English Bible

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it , but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it .

Darby Translation

for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it.

Douay-Rheims

For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; for he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

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