"He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal
life." (John 12:25)
Bible Paradoxes:
We see unseen things (2 Cor. 4:18).
We conquer by yielding (Rom. 6:16-18).
We find rest under a yoke (Mt. 11:28-30).
We reign by serving (Mark 10:42-44).
We are made great by being the least (Luke 9:48).
We are exalted by being humble (Mt. 23:12).
We become wise by being fools (1 Cor. 1:20-21).
We are made free by becoming bondservants (Rom. 6:18).
We wax strong by being weak (2 Cor. 12:10).
We triumph by defeat (2 Cor. 12:7-9).
We find victory by glorying in our infirmities (2 Cor. 12:5).
And. we live by dying (John 12:24,25; 2 Cor. 4:10,11).