What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
Many Christians equate monetary success with godliness. But the Lord Jesus asks: “What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?”
BIBLE VERSES
Job 2:4. Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Skin for skin. Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.
Job 35:3. That you ask, ‘What advantage will it be to you? What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?’
Psalm 49:17. for when he dies he will carry nothing away. His glory won’t descend after him.
Matthew 16:26. For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Mark 8:36. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? (NIV translation)
THE QUR’AN
Qur’an 2:81. Indeed, whoever gains a sin, and is surrounded by his mistakes; those are the people of the Fire, in it they will abide.
SEE ALSO
Topics on this page, listed in alphabetical order:
Greed. A desire to possess more than what you need.
Jesus Christ. The second Person of the Holy Trinity.
Money. A medium of exchange.
Qur’an. The central religious text of Islam.
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