Luke Chapter 9 verse 25 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 9:25

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
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BBE Luke 9:25

For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?
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DARBY Luke 9:25

For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?
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KJV Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
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WBT Luke 9:25


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WEB Luke 9:25

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
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YLT Luke 9:25

for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? Godet's comment here is pithy and quaint: "Jesus supposes, in this twenty-fifth verse, the act of saving one's own life accomplished with the most complete success... amounting to a gain of the whole world. But in this very moment, the master of this magnificent domain finds himself condemned to perish! What gain to draw in a lottery a gallery of pictures... and at the same time to become blind!" "O flesh," writes Luther (quoted by Dr. Morrison), "how mighty art thou, that thou canst still throw darkness over those things, even to the minds of the holy!"

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) And lose himself, or be cast away.--Better, destroy himself, or suffer loss. The first word expresses a more direct act, as of self-destruction, and the second (see Note on Matthew 16:16) implies the thought of the forfeiture of something precious rather than of being absolutely rejected. It presents, so to speak, a slightly softened aspect of the previous words.