Whoever may seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever may lose it, shall preserve it.

save that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

and they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life -- unto death;