But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
Philippians 3:4-6
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Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
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Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
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Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
Philippians 3:8-10
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Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
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And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
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That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Genesis 19:17
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Job 2:4
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
Proverbs 13:8
The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Matthew 13:44-46
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
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Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew 16:26
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?
Luke 14:26
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Luke 17:31-33
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In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
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Remember Lot's wife.
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Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Acts 27:18
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Acts 27:19
And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
Acts 27:38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Galatians 2:15
We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Galatians 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians 5:2-5
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Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.