Matthew 10:39

BIBLE IN TEN · Jun 15, 2025 · 7m

Sunday, 15 June 2025 He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 10:39 “The ‘having found his soul,’ he will lose it, and the ‘having lost his soul’ because of Me, he will find it” (CG). In the previous verse, Jesus noted that he who did not take his cross and follow after Him was not worthy of Him. Now, to build upon that, He says, “The ‘having found his soul,’ he will lose it.” The words at first seem paradoxical. However, Jesus is using the thought of the psuché, the soul, in two ways at the same time. The word itself was introduced in…