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Joh 12:25. Τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, his life) that is, himself.-ἀπολέσει, shall lose it) unto eternity.-ὁ μισῶν, he who hateth) The soul attains to this hatred, when it is imbued with a feeling of the words of Christ, which occur at Joh 12:24.[317]-ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ) in this world, which is the object of mere sight, and is vain, perishing, and evil. This is not expressed in the preceding sentence [He that loveth his life]; for this world of itself draws us to the love of life; but to hate life in this world, is the great thing[318] [a great attainment].
[317] Implying, as in Christ, so in the believer also, the need that the corn of wheat must first die, if it is afterwards to bring forth much fruit.-E. and T.
[318] Φνλάξει, shall keep it) This is prudence, in the true sense of the word. V. g.