Paradox: General Scriptures Concerning
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Proverbs 13:7
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Matthew 10:39
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
2 Corinthians 6:4
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
2 Corinthians 12:4, 10, 11
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. / I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
Ephesians 3:17–19
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, / will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth / of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Philippians 3:7
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Revelation 21:18, 21
The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. / And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.