Some said, "We have large families, we need grain to keep us alive."

Others said, "We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough grain to keep us from starving."

Satan replied, "A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.

Her people groan as they look for something to eat; They exchange their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. "Look at me, LORD," the city cries; "see me in my misery."

To get food enough to stay alive, we went begging to Egypt and Assyria.

Murderers roam through the countryside; we risk our lives when we look for food.

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.