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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? (Matthew 16:26)

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Give in exchange.

Christ here uses a powerful illustration to make vivid an eternal truth. There is no adequate answer to the question proposed.

Soul.

Gr. psuchē (see on ch. 10:28).

World.

Gr. kosmos, here designating what the world has to offer in material wealth, benefits, etc. To “gain the whole world” has ever been the ambition of the forces of evil, seen and unseen, in the present as in the past.