Luke 9:25

25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?

Luke 9:25 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
English Standard Version (ESV)
25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
New Living Translation (NLT)
25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
The Message Bible (MSG)
25 What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?
American Standard Version (ASV)
25 For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
25 What good does it do for people to win the whole world but lose their lives by destroying them?
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
25 What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
25 What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses or gives up his very self?

Luke 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world,
&c.] Or what profit will it be unto him? all the honours, riches, and enjoyments of it will be of no use and service to him if he himself is lost:

and lose himself;
or his own soul; for he that loses his soul, which is his better and immortal part, loses himself:

or be cast away:
finally, and eternally, or "suffer loss" of eternal happiness and glory; that is, perishes, and is destroyed with an everlasting destruction; (See Gill on Matthew 16:26).

Luke 9:25 In-Context

23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.
24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?
26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
27 “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
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