Luke 9:25 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 9:25

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

KJV

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (397)

Now our Lord while He ever raises us to look to the future reward of virtue, and teaches us how good it is to despise worldly things, so also He supports the weakness of the human mind by a present recompense. For it is a hard thing to take up the cross, and expose your life to danger and your body to death; to give up what you are, when you wish to be what you are not; and even the loftiest virtue seldom exchanges things present for future.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world,.... Or what profit will it be unto him? all the honours, riches, and enjoyments of it will be of no use and service to him if he himself is lost: and lose himself; or his own soul; for he that loses his soul, which is his better and immortal part, loses himself: or be cast away: finally, and eternally, or "suffer loss" of eternal happiness and glory; that is, perishes, and is destroyed with an everlasting destruction; See Gill on Mat 16:26.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lose himself - That is, his life or soul. See the parallel places, Mat 16:25 (note); Mar 8:35 (note), and especially the note on the former. Or be cast away? - Or receive spiritual damage η ζημιωθεις. I have added the word spiritual here, which I conceive to be necessarily implied. Because, if a man received only temporal damage in some respect or other, yet gaining the whole world must amply compensate him. But if he should receive spiritual damage - hurt to his soul in the smallest degree, the possession of the universe could not indemnify him.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ὠφελεῖται	ōpheleitai	is profited	G5623 →
ἄνθρωπος	anthrōpos	a man	G444 →
κερδήσας	kerdēsas	having gained	G2770 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κόσμον	kosmon	world	G2889 →
ὅλον	holon	whole	G3650 →
ἑαυτὸν	he'auton	himself	G1438 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἀπολέσας	apolesas	having destroyed	G622 →
ἢ	ē	or	G2228 →
ζημιωθείς;	zēmiōtheis	having suffered the loss of?	G2210 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 8:36
What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
leads to
- Matthew 16:26
  What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
- Psalms 49:17
  For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.
- James 1:9–11
  The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
- Philippians 3:7–9
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Through
Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
leads to
- Mark 8:36–37
  What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
- Job 27:8
  For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Luke 12:20
  But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
- Psalms 49:7–8
  No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.