Luke 9:24
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
Cross-reference
Luke 17:33 repeats the same paradoxical teaching: trying to save one's life loses it, losing it saves it.
Acts 20:24 echoes the same mindset: counting life as worthless to complete Christ's mission — losing life to save it.
Hebrews 11:35 describes those who chose torture and death for a better resurrection — a clear example of losing life to save it.
Revelation 2:10 promises the crown of life to those faithful unto death — directly parallel to losing life to save it.
Revelation 12:11 echoes this paradox: believers overcome by not loving their lives unto death, losing life to gain victory.
Esther 4:16 shows the same principle: risking life ('if I perish, I perish') for deliverance, losing life to save it.
Mark 8:35 gives the identical saying — whoever loses their life for Christ saves it, a direct parallel.
John 12:25 restates the same paradox: hating one's life in this world preserves it for eternal life.