Luke 17:33
KJV:
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
BSB:
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Greek:
ὃς ἐὰν ζητήσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ περιποιήσασθαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν, καὶ ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ αὐτὴν ζῳογονήσει αὐτήν.¶
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Translation Greek Transliteration [morphology] Texts
Who[ever] ὃς hos R-NSM NKO
if ἐὰν ean COND NKO
shall seek ζητήσῃ zētēsē V-AAS-3S NKO
the τὴν tēn T-ASF NKO
life ψυχὴν psuchēn N-ASF NKO
of him αὐτοῦ autou P-GSM NKO
to gain 1 2 περιποιήσασθαι peripoiēsasthai V-AMN N(K)O
will lose ἀπολέσει apolesei V-FAI-3S NKO
it, αὐτήν, autēn P-ASF NKO
and καὶ kai CONJ k
who[ever] ὃς hos R-NSM NKO
but δ᾽ d᾽ CONJ no
maybe 3 ἂν an PRT N(k)O
shall lose 4 ἀπολέσῃ apolesē V-AAS-3S NK(o)
it αὐτὴν autēn P-ASF k
will preserve ζῳογονήσει zōogonēsei V-FAI-3S NKO
it. αὐτήν.¶ autēn P-ASF NKO

Word Types and Editions

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  1. Variant: σῶσαι (sōsai) 'to save' occurs in traditional manuscripts (TR+Byz) instead of περιποιήσασθαι (peripoiēsasthai) 'to gain' in older manuscripts (NA28+NA27+Tyn+SBL+WH+Treg) 

  2. to save | σῶσαι | sōsai V-AAN | TR+Byz 

  3. if | ἐὰν | ean COND | TR+Byz 

  4. will lose | ἀπολέσει | apolesei V-FAI-3S | WH