Luke 9:25
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?This verse in the real world
In what words
- κερδαίνωkerdaínōto gain (literally or figuratively)
- ὠφελέωōpheléōto be useful, i.e. to benefit
- ἀπόλλυμιapóllymito destroy fully (reflexively, to perish, or lose), literally or figuratively
- ὅλοςhólos"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) a
- κόσμοςkósmosorderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense
- ἤḗdisjunctive, or; comparative, than
- ἑαυτοῦheautoûhim- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other person
- ἄνθρωποςánthrōposfrom G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)); man-faced, i.e. a human being
+3 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 16:26, Mrk 8:36, Luk 12:19–21, Psa 49:6–8, Luk 4:5–7, 2Pe 2:15–17, Act 1:25, 1Co 9:27