“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.”
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it — the paradox of discipleship: the natural human instinct (preserve your life) leads to the loss of what makes life meaningful; the counter-instinctive path (losing your life for Jesus and the gospel) leads to its genuine preservation. The for me and for the gospel connects personal loyalty to Jesus with the proclamation of the kingdom — you cannot lose your life for one without the other.
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