Job 2:4

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Job 2:4

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

All that

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All that

"So I tell you, do not worry about [the material things of] your life, [such as] what you will eat or what you will drink, or about what you will wear on your body. There are more important things in life than food, and more important things about your body than the clothing you wear.

For what benefit is it to a person if he gains the whole world [of material things] but [has to] give up his life [i.e., all the spiritual blessings]? Or what should a person give in exchange for his life?

As we were being severely battered by the storm, they began the next day to throw the cargo overboard [i.e., to lighten the ship].

What is more, I consider everything to be a loss compared to the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus [as] my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things. [I now] consider [all of] them to be trash, in order to gain Christ

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Also the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside] should not go down into his house to take anything out [when he flees].

Then he ran away in his underclothing, leaving his linen outer garment behind.

For there are more important things in life than food, and [more important things about] your body than the clothing [you wear].

However, those things which were [once regarded as] gain to me, I have [now] considered to be loss for [the sake of] Christ.