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.¶
Topics:
JERUSALEM • JESUS, THE CHRIST • PARADOX • PERSECUTION • WORLDLINESS
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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 |
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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) ↩