7But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
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So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
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?
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. …
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-8)The apostle here proposes himself for an example of trusting in Christ only, and not in his privileges as an Israelite. I. He shows what he had to boast of as a Jew and a Pharisee. Let none think that the apostle despised these things (as men commonly do) because he had them not himself to glory in. No, if he would have gloried and trusted in the flesh, he had as much cause to do so as any man: If…
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