In the same way, the one who had two gained two more.

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more.

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God’s law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law.

“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

The one with the two talents also came and said, ‘Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.’

To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir, you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’

Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! – that I may gain Christ,