For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Gill's Exposition
For the son of man shall come in the glory of his Father,.... This is a reason, proving the truth of what is before asserted, that men's lives may be lost by saving them, and be found by losing them,…
This discourse is also recorded in Mar 8:34-38; Mar 9:1; and Luk 9:23-27. Let him, deny himself - That is, let him surrender to God his will, his affections, his body, and his soul. Let him not seek…
Christ, having shown his disciples that he must suffer, and that he was ready and willing to suffer, here shows them that they must suffer too, and must be ready and willing. It is a weighty discourse…
Cambridge Bible
and lose his own soul The Greek word translated "life" in the preceding verse is here translated "soul," which is life in its highest phase.
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