Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
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Matthew 13:48 and when it was full, they dragged it up on the beach; and they sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service].
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Job 27:8
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Luke 17:33 Whoever seeks to save his life will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] will keep it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].