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7None of them can by any means{H8800)} redeem{H8799)} his brother, nor give{H8799)} to God a ransom for him:
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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?
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-14)In these verses we have, I. A description of the spirit and way of worldly people, whose portion is in this life, Ps. 17:14. It is taken for granted that they have wealth, and a multitude of riches (Ps. 49:6), houses and lands of inheritance, which they call their own, Ps. 49:11. God often gives abundance of the good things of this world to bad men who live in contempt of him and rebellion against…
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