In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,

But what was once gain to me, that I have counted loss for Christ.

If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, as it were through the flames.

Now if their stumbling enriches the world, and their loss enriches the Gentiles, how much more must their fulness do!

"Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives."

When for a long time they had been without food, Paul stood among them and said: "Men, you ought to have listened to me, and not have set sail from Crete, and so have spared yourselves this injury and loss.

"But now take courage. There will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship,