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Matthew 16:26Matt.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?›

KJV

Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et que servirait-il à un homme de gagner tout le monde, s'il perdait son âme? ou, que donnerait un homme en échange de son âme?

KJV

‹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?›

Patristic reading

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  • Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)

    Epistula II ad Corinthios

    εῖν ἡμᾶς κτήσασθαι ταῦτα ἀποπίπτομεν τῆς ὁδοῦ τῆς δικαίας. Λέγει δὲ ὁ κύριος: Οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται Mt. 16, 26; Mk, 8, 36; Luke 9, 25 δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν. ἐὰν ἡμεῖς θέλωμεν καὶ θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ, ἀσύμφορον ἡμῖν ἐστίν. τί γὰρ τὸ ὄφελος, ἐάν τις τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ,…
  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    ν γὰρ ἔστι καὶ περὶ ἐκάστου τῶι ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ ταύτῃ εἰρημένων ἀποδεὶξαι, ὡς ὀρθοδόξωςσ καὶ μεμε- 4f Matth. 16, 26 — 10 Ephes. 6, 13 12 —17 Ephes. 6, 14–17. 11 17 II Kor. 10, 4f — 18 Ephes. 6, 12 MUS Phot. Pa (bis Ζ. 18 τοῦ θεοῖ) 2 tyr;annou καὶ δοκιμάζοντεςSΙ αὐτοῖς ihm S 3 ἄγε…
  • Origen

    Commentarium In Evangelium Matthaei (Lib. 12-17)

    Petrus et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meauKc et cetera. 3 loff Vgl. Matth. 16, 17 — 22ff Matth. 16, 16 - 26 Marc. 8, 29 (Luc. 9, 20) - 28 Vgl. Matth. 16, 16 — 30ff Vgl. Matth. 16, 17f 27 τὸ] τῶ H a 28/29 <ὁ-τοῦτο> Kl nach Koe, vgl. lat. 14 possint G 24 vero] enim BL 30…

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