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
When full, they haul it up on the beach, and sit down and collect the good fish in baskets, while the worthless they throw away.
1 Corinthians 9:27
but I hit hard and straight at my own body and lead it off into slavery, lest possibly, after I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected.
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Luke 17:33
Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.