Mat 16:26, Luk 9:25, 1Cor 1:20, 3:19, Gal 4:3, Col 2:8 | ESV | STEP | For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul ? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul ?

Matthew 16:26

26 For ^awhat will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or ^bwhat shall a man give in return for his soul?

Luke 9:25

25 ^cFor what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

1 Corinthians 1:20

20 ^dWhere is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? ^eHas not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 3:19

19 For ^fthe wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^g“He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

Galatians 4:3

3 In the same way we also, when we were children, ^hwere enslaved to the elementary principles ^{▼▼Or elemental spirits; also verse 9} of the world.

Colossians 2:8

8 See to it that no one takes you captive by ^jphilosophy and ^kempty deceit, according to ^lhuman tradition, according to the ^melemental spirits ^{▼▼Or elementary principles; also verse 20} of the world, and not according to Christ.