Matthew 16:26

16:26 For what does it benefit a person ¹  if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Acts 20:23

20:23 except ²  that the Holy Spirit warns ³  me in town after town ⁴  that ⁵  imprisonment ⁶  and persecutions ⁷  are waiting for me.

Hebrews 11:26

11:26 He regarded abuse suffered for Christ ⁸  to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on ⁹  the reward.

Revelation 12:11

12:11 But ¹⁰  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ¹¹  so much that they were afraid to die.

¹ tn Grk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.

² tn BDAG 826 s.v. πλήν 1.d has “πλὴν ὅτι except that…Ac 20:23.”

³ tn The verb διαμαρτύρομαι (diamarturomai) can mean “warn” (BDAG 233 s.v. διαμαρτύρομαι 2 has “solemnly urge, exhort, warn…w. dat. of pers. addressed”), and this meaning better fits the context here, although BDAG categorizes Acts 20:23 under the meaning “testify of, bear witness to” (s.v. 1).

⁴ tn The Greek text here reads κατὰ πόλιν (kata polin).

⁵ tn Grk “saying that,” but the participle λέγον (legon) is redundant in English and has not been translated.

⁶ tn Grk “bonds.”

⁷ tn Or “troubles,” “suffering.” See Acts 19:21; 21:4, 11.

⁸ tn Grk “the abuse [or ‘reproach’] of Christ.”

⁹ tn Grk “he was looking away to.”

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

¹¹ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.