I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
我實實在在的告訴你們、一粒麥子不落在地裡死了、仍舊是一粒．若是死了、就結出許多子粒來。 愛惜自己生命的、就失喪生命．在這世上恨惡自己生命的、就要保守生命到永生。
John 約 翰 福 音 12:24-25 NET