'Gain' in the Bible

Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,

For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God's work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.