Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the lower part of the ship; and he had lain down, and was fast asleep.

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?

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

The life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.