36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: …
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-38)We have read a great deal of the doctrine Christ preached, and the miracles he wrought, which were many, and strange, and well-attested, of various kinds, and wrought in several places, to the astonishment of the multitudes that were eye-witnesses of them. It is now time for us to pause a little, and to consider what these things mean; the wondrous works which Christ then forbade the publishing of…
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