Philippians 3:7
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7 Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.(A)
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Luke 14:33
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33 So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.(A)
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Matthew 16:26
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26 For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
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Matthew 13:44-46
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Three Parables
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.(A)
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; 46 on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.
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Luke 14:26
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26 “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.(A)
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Proverbs 13:8
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8 Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.
Philippians 3:8-10
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8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ(A) 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law but one that comes through faith in Christ,[a] the righteousness from God based on faith.(B) 10 I want to know Christ[b] and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,
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Genesis 19:17
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17 When they had brought them outside, they[a] said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed.”(A)
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- 19.17 Gk Syr Vg: Heb he
Galatians 2:15-16
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Jews and Gentiles Are Saved by Faith
15 We ourselves are Jews by birth and not gentile sinners, 16 yet we know that a person is justified[a] not by the works of the law but through the faith of Jesus Christ.[b] And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we might be justified by the faith of Christ[c] and not by doing the works of the law, because no one will be justified by the works of the law.(A)
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Luke 17:31-33
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31 On that day, anyone on the housetop who has belongings in the house must not come down to take them away, and likewise anyone in the field must not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.
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Luke 16:8
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8 And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly, for the children of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light.(A)
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Philippians 3:4-6
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4 even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh.
If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;(A) 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
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Galatians 5:2-5
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The Nature of Christian Freedom
2 Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that, if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. 4 You who want to be reckoned as righteous[a] by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.(A) 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.(B)
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- 5.4 Or justified
Proverbs 23:23
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23 Buy truth, and do not sell it;
buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.(A)
Job 2:4
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4 Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life.
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- 2.4 Heb the satan
Genesis 19:26
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26 But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.(A)
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Acts 27:38
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38 After they had satisfied their hunger, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea.(A)
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Acts 27:18-19
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18 We were being pounded by the storm so violently that on the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard,(A) 19 and on the third day with their own hands they threw the ship’s tackle overboard.
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