King James Version

Matthew 16:25

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἐὰν) before shall desire here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “maybe” (ἂν) before shall lose 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 saveσῴζω (sōzō)verb, aorist active infinitive — “to save”, a single actionG4982I save, heal, preserve, rescue.This verse uses “save”.ἀπολέσειapoleseiwill loseἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “will 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”.will loseαὐτήνautēnhisαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “his”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.hisὃςhoswhichὅςrelative 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.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.itἕνεκενhenekenbecause 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.εὑρήσειheurēseito findεὑρίσκω (heuriskō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to find”, an action still aheadG2147I find, learn, discover, especially after searching.αὐτήνautēnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, feminine — “he”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

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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.

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 shall find 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 shall find 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 shall find it,

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Douay-Rheims

For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

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