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Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

KJV

τί γὰρ ὠφελεῖται ἄνθρωπος κερδήσας τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἀπολέσας ἢ ζημιωθείς;

Greek NT

Quid enim proficit homo, si lucretur universum mundum, se autem ipsum perdat, et detrimentum sui faciat ?

Vulgate

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

ASV

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose himself and cast away himself?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
ζημιόω
zemioo
verb · 6×
κερδαίνω
kerdaino
verb · 16×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἀπόλλυμι
apollumi
verb · 90×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
e
particle · 346×
o
article · 19778×
ὅλος
olos
adjective · 109×
ὠφελέω
opheleo
verb · 15×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:27 — But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • 1Cor 9:27 — But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • 1Cor 15:32 — If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
  • 2Pet 2:15 — Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
  • Acts 1:25 — That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
  • Luke 4:5 — And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
  • Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
  • Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
  • Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
  • Matt 13:50 — And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 16:26 — 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?
  • Matt 16:26 — 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?
  • Ps 49:6 — They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;