Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but are yourself lost or defeated? Of course not!
Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.
Do you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not!
I harden my body with blows and bring it under complete control, to keep myself from being disqualified after having called others to the contest.
to serve as an apostle in the place of Judas, who left to go to the place where he belongs.”
and will throw them into the fiery furnace, where they will cry and gnash their teeth.
With the money that Judas got for his evil act he bought a field, where he fell to his death; he burst open and all his insides spilled out.
When the net is full, they pull it to shore and sit down to divide the fish: the good ones go into the buckets, the worthless ones are thrown away.
You shared the sufferings of prisoners, and when all your belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly, because you knew that you still possessed something much better, which would last forever.