"Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life" (John 12:25).
There are two senses in which it is true that "whoever loves his life loses it." In one sense, it contrasts the one who "hates his life in this world [and thereby keeps] it for eternal life": the contrary person loves his life in this world and thereby loses it for eternal life.
But in another sense, the one who "hates his life in this world" is the one who ultimately "loves his life." Such a one loves it enough to lose it in this world and gain it eternally.
Thus, "whoever loves his life [eternally] loses it [in this world]."
And "whoever loves his life [in this world] loses it [eternally]."
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