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Noun psychē (breath of life, being) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 2: 20 | "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's breath of life (psychē) are dead." |
| 6: 25 | "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your breath of life (psychē), what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not the breath of life (psychē) more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
| 10: 28 | Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the being (psychē); rather fear him who can destroy both being (psychē) and body in hell. |
| 10: 39 | Those who find their breath of life (psychē) will lose it, and those who lose their breath of life (psychē) for my sake will find it. |
| 11: 29 | Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your beings (psychē). |
| 12: 18 | "Here is my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, with whom my being (psychē) is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. |
| 16: 25 | For those who want to save their breath of life (psychē) will lose it, and those who lose their breath of life (psychē) for my sake will find it. |
| 16: 26 | For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their being (psychē)? Or what will they give in return for their being (psychē)? |
| 20: 28 | just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his breath of life (psychē) a ransom for many." |
| 22: 37 | He said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your being (psychē), and with all your mind.' |
| 26: 38 | Then he said to them, "My being (psychē) is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and stay awake with me." |
Mark
| 3: 4 | Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save the breath of life (psychē) or to kill?" But they were silent. |
| 8: 35 | For those who want to save their breath of life (psychē) will lose it, and those who lose their breath of life (psychē) for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. |
| 8: 36 | For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their being (psychē)? |
| 8: 37 | Indeed, what can they give in return for their being (psychē)? |
| 10: 45 | For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his breath of life (psychē) a ransom for many." |
| 12: 30 | you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your being (psychē), and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' |
| 14: 34 | And he said to them, "My being (psychē) is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake." |
Luke
| 1: 46 | And Mary said, "My being (psychē) magnifies the Lord, |
| 2: 35 | so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed - and a sword will pierce your own being (psychē) too." |
| 6: 9 | Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the sabbath, to save a breath of life (psychē) or to destroy it?" |
| 9: 24 | For those who want to save their breath of life (psychē) will lose it, and those who lose their breath of life (psychē) for my sake will save it. |
| 10: 27 | He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your being (psychē), and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." |
| 12: 19 | And I will say to my being (psychē), being (psychē), you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' |
| 12: 20 | But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your breath of life (psychē) is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' |
| 12: 22 | He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your breath of life (psychē), what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. |
| 12: 23 | For the breath of life (psychē) is more than food, and the body more than clothing. |
| 14: 26 | "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even the breath of life (psychē) itself, cannot be my disciple. |
| 17: 33 | Those who try to make their breath of life (psychē) secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it. |
| 21: 19 | By your endurance you will gain your beings (psychē). |
John
| 10: 11 | "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his breath of life (psychē) for the sheep. |
| 10: 15 | just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my breath of life (psychē) for the sheep. |
| 10: 17 | For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my breath of life (psychē) in order to take it up again. |
| 10: 24 | So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep our being (psychē) in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly." |
| 12: 25 | Those who love their breath of life (psychē) lose it, and those who hate their breath of life (psychē) in this world will keep it for eternal life. |
| 12: 27 | "Now my being (psychē) is troubled. And what should I say - 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. |
| 13: 37 | Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my breath of life (psychē) for you." |
| 13: 38 | Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your breath of life (psychē) for me? Very truly, I tell you, before the cock crows, you will have denied me three times. |
| 15: 13 | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's breath of life (psychē) for one's friends. |
Acts
| 2: 27 | For you will not abandon my being (psychē) to Hades, or let your Holy One experience corruption. |
| 2: 41 | So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand beings (psychē) were added. |
| 2: 43 | Awe came upon every being (psychē), because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. |
| 3: 23 | And it will be that every being (psychē) who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly rooted out of the people.' |
| 4: 32 | Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and being (psychē), and no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common. |
| 7: 14 | Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five beings (psychē); |
| 14: 2 | But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their beings (psychē) against the brothers. |
| 14: 22 | There they strengthened the beings (psychē) of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God." |
| 15: 24 | Since we have heard that certain persons who have gone out from us, though with no instructions from us, have said things to disturb your being (psychē) and have unsettled your minds, |
| 15: 26 | who have risked their breath of life (psychē) for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 20: 10 | But Paul went down, and bending over him took him in his arms, and said, "Do not be alarmed, for his breath of life (psychē) is in him." |
| 20: 24 | But I do not count my breath of life (psychē) of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace. |
| 27: 10 | saying, "Sirs, I can see that the voyage will be with danger and much heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our breath of life (psychē)." |
| 27: 22 | I urge you now to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of breath of life (psychē) among you, but only of the ship. |
| 27: 37 | (We were in all two hundred seventy-six beings (psychē) in the ship.) |
1 John
| 3: 16 | We know love by this, that he laid down his breath of life (psychē) for us - and we ought to lay down our breath of life (psychē) for one another. |
3 John
| 1: 2 | Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your being (psychē). |
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