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

KJV
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
ESV
25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
NLT
25 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?
MSG
25 What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?
CSB
25 What is a man benefited if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?

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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