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
which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away.
1 Corinthians 9:27
but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

General references

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
Luke 17:33
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.

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