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Mark 8:35

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “if” (ἐὰν) before shall desire here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “will lose” (ἀπολέσει) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe may lose” (ἂν ἀπολέσῃ) before the here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “this” (οὗτος) before he will here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.ἐὰνeanifἐάνparticle — “if”G1437if.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.ἀπολέσειapoleseito 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”.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.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, neuter — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.εὐαγγελίουeuangeliougospelεὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)noun, genitive, singular, neuter — “gospel”, the of-formG2098the good news of the coming of the Messiah, the gospel; the gen. after it expresses sometimes the giver (God), sometimes the subject (the Messiah, etc.), sometimes the human transmitter (an apostle).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.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

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.ἀπολέσῃapolesēshall loseἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall lose”, 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 “lose”.οὗτοςhoutossameοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “same”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.

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 and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

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American Standard Version (1901)

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s 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 and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;

World English Bible

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it ; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News 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 and the gospel's shall save it.

Douay-Rheims

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

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