Then he said to them all: "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."
NIV
And He said to all, If any person wills to come after Me, let him deny himself [disown himself, forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross daily and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also].
AMP
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
KJV
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
NIV
Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also].
AMP
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
KJV
Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
NIV
If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
AMP
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
KJV
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
NIV
But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost.
AMP
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
KJV
Known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed
NIV
[We are treated] as unknown and ignored [by the world], and [yet we are] well-known and recognized [by God and His people]; as dying, and yet here we are alive; as chastened by suffering and [yet] not killed
AMP
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
KJV
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
NIV
Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.
AMP
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
KJV
"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."
NIV
But the eyes of the wicked shall look [for relief] in vain, and they shall not escape [the justice of God]; and their hope shall be to give up the ghost.
AMP
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
KJV
For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
NIV
For while we are still in this tent, we groan under the burden and sigh deeply (weighed down, depressed, oppressed)--not that we want to put off the body (the clothing of the spirit), but rather that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal (our dying body) may be swallowed up by life [after the resurrection].
AMP
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
KJV
