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Mark 8:36

Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For what shall it profit a man,.... In the long run, in the issue of things, who by denying Christ, and his Gospel, may not only save his life for the present, but procure for himself great riches and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 8:27-38

See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mat. 16:13-28. Mar 8:32 He spake that saying openly - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 8:27-38

We have read a great deal of the doctrine Christ preached, and the miracles he wrought, which were many, and strange, and well-attested, of various kinds, and wrought in several places, to the…