Philippians 3:7 - Easy To Read Version At one time all these things were important to me. But I decided that those things are worth nothing because of Christ. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for Christ's sake. American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. Common English Bible These things were my assets, but I wrote them off as a loss for the sake of Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version But the things which had been to my gain, the same have I considered a loss, for the sake of Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ. |
So the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city. After they were out, one of the men said, “Now run to save your life! Don’t look back at the city. And don’t stop any place in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, then you will be destroyed with the city!”
While they were running away, Lot’s wife looked back at the city and became a block of salt.
Satan answered, “Skin for skin! {\cf2\super [5]} A person will give everything he has to save his life.
A rich person might have to pay a ransom to save his life. But poor people never receive threats like that.
Truth, wisdom, learning, and understanding are worth paying money for. And they are worth far too much to ever sell.
There is a time to look for something,\par and a time to consider it lost.\par There is a time to keep things,\par and a time to throw things away.\par
It is worth nothing for a person to have the whole world, if he loses his soul. A person could never pay enough to buy back his soul.
The blind man stood quickly. He left his coat there and went to Jesus.
“If a person comes to me, but will not leave his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters, then that person cannot be my follower. A person must love me more than he loves anything—even his own life!
It is the same for each of you. You must decide if you can leave everything you have to follow me. If not, you cannot be my follower!
Later, the master told the dishonest manager that he had done a smart thing. Yes, worldly people are smarter \{in their business\} with the people of their time than spiritual people are.
We ate all we wanted. Then we began making the ship lighter by throwing the grain into the sea.
Moses thought that it was better to suffer for the Christ {\cf2\super [151]} than to have all the treasures of Egypt. Moses was waiting for the reward \{that God would give him\}.