Act 27:38
And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
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Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that {were} in the ship into the sea, to lighten {it} of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next {day} they lightened the ship;
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?
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset {us}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next {day} they lightened the ship;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; {get: or, seek}
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that {were} in the ship into the sea, to lighten {it} of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter {therein}, to take any thing out of his house:
The life is more than meat, and the body {is more} than raiment.
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.