For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin. Yea, all that is to a man he will give for his life.
Can a man be of use to God, as one acting wisely is being of use to himself?
for in his death he shall not take anything; his glory shall not go down after him.
You have said, It is vanity to serve God. And, What unjust profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?
For what will a man be benefited if he should gain the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?
For whoever desires to save his life, he shall lose it. But whoever may lose his life for My sake and the gospel, this one shall save it.
Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul?
For what is a man profited gaining the whole world but destroying himself or suffering loss?
Therefore what fruit did you have then over the things which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.