 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1805 - 566 pages
...he resolves to seek " a kingdom that cannot be moved." He feels the force of our Lord's questions, " What is a man profited, if he gain the " whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall " a man give in exchange for his soul?" He does not, however, merely... | |
 | Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 pages
...unworthy means, shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he will save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself ? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him will the son of man be... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...every one that is greedy of gain, which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Matt. xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul Job xxvii. 8. For what is the... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - Bible - 1808 - 656 pages
...save his life, shall lose it : but whosoever shall lose his 25 life for my sake, he shall save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose [\ir for26 feit,] himself f ? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him the... | |
 | Matthew Henry - Lord's Supper - 1809 - 312 pages
...cheat their God, but will prove, in the end, to have cheated themselves into everlasting misery. ' And what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?' : . . .-.. ... (3.-) We must see to it, that we be religiously meek and peaceabk.... | |
 | Bible - 1809 - 670 pages
...save his life, shall lose it : but whosoever shall lose his 25 life for my sake, he shall save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose [or for26 feu/] himselff ' For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him the Son... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 490 pages
...sink together, the loss sustained is of small consequence, compared with the loss of the soul. " For what is a man profited, if he " gain the whole world and lose his own soul ; " or what shall a man give in exchange for his " soul ?" This therefore is the... | |
 | 1810 - 596 pages
...insignificancy, and fade as a withering flower, when compared with eternal hap. piness or misery ; " for what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?" The soul of man, bear, ing the natural image of God, in its noble powers and faculties... | |
 | Thomas Walson - 1810 - 186 pages
...thee come off a loser at last. Thou loseth Heaven and thy soul ; and what can countervail this loss ? What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Matt. xvi. 26. God (saith Chrysostom) hath given a man two eyes ; if he lose one,... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1810 - 452 pages
...morning to the Backsliders, from How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? At one, to the unawakened, from What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? In the evening I preached to a far larger congregation, on the Connaught side of... | |
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