Matthew 16:26

world

Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 7:7).

( See Scofield) - (Revelation 13:8).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This discourse is also recorded in Mark 8:34-38 ; Mark 9:1 ; and Luke 9:23-27 . Let him, deny himself - That is, let him surrender to God hi...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Great Confession and the First View of the Cross ( Mark 8:27-38 *, Luke 9:18-27 ). Omitting the cure of the blind man (but cf. Matthew 9:27...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. For what doth it profit a man? The word soul is here used in the strictest sense. Christ reminds them that the soul of man was not...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1377 THE WORTH OF THE SOUL Matthew 16:26 . What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For what is a man profited, &c.— To carry home the argument more closely, he puts them in mind of the method according to which men estimate th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

What a very wonderful fact in the life and ministry of Jesus is His power of suppressing the marvelous powers He possessed. He never used them save i...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For what is a man profited ,.... Such persons, though they are only seeking their own profit, will find themselves most sadly mistaken; for of what...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 26....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whosoever will save his life At the expense of his conscience: whosoever, in the very highest instance, that of life itself, will not renounce him...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The enmity against the true Messiah increases now to the point of Pharisee's and Sadducee's (usually hostile to each other) conspiring together to te...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Our interpreters, by translating the same word soul in this verse which they had translated life Matthew 16:25 , let us know that they understoo...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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?
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 2:4 ; Job 27:8 ; Luke 12:20 ; Luke 16:25 ; Luke 9:25 ; Mark 8:36 ; Mark 8:37 ; Matthew 4:8 ; Matthew 4:9 ; Matthew 5:29 ; Psalms 49:7...

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?

Related Commentaries of Matthew 16:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 16:26