Matthew 16:25 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMatthew 16:25 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
γὰρ
gár
G1063
for
ἐὰν
eán
G1437
if
θέλῃ
thélō
G2309
to will
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ψυχὴν
psychḗ
G5590
soul
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
σῶσαι
sṓzō
G4982
to save
ἀπολέσει
apóllymi
G622
to destroy
αὐτήν
autós
G846
he
ὃς
hós
G3739
who
δ’
dé
G1161
but
ἂν
án
G302
if
ἀπολέσῃ
apóllymi
G622
to destroy
τὴν
ho
G3588
the
ψυχὴν
psychḗ
G5590
soul
αὐτοῦ
autós
G846
he
ἕνεκεν
héneka
G1752
for
ἐμοῦ
egṓ
G1473
I
εὑρήσει
heurískō
G2147
to find
αὐτήν
autós
G846
he
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).