Bible Verses About Paradox

There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Messiah’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best emissaries, though I am nothing.

that Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

may be strengthened to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth,

and to know Messiah’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Messiah.

The construction of its wall was jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass.

The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.