Mat 16:26. Τὸν κόσμον ὅλον, the whole world) No one has ever yet gained the whole world; yet, if he should gain it, what would it profit him?-ψυχὴν, soul) True wisdom refers everything to the interest of the soul; false, to that of the body.-τί δώσει, what shall he give?) The world is not enough.[769]-ἀντάλλαγμα, as an equivalent, lat. redhostimentum) which ought not to be of less value than the soul for which it is given.
[769] The whole world is not enough as a ransom to redeem the one soul of even one man. But what a vast multitude, in truth, Christ redeemed by His own blood, namely, the whole world!-V. g.