Nativity Story

5 Big Messages of the Nativity

Message 1

God Promised Christ Arrival Throughout History
The promise of the coming Savior appears like a thread running through the Old Testament, starting with a hint after the first recorded sin...

Message 2

God Became a Man
The most astounding message of the Nativity is that God became man. John tells us God became flesh and lived with us (John 1:14)...

Message 3

Angels Testified to Christ Coming
The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, not only to prepare her, a virgin, for bearing the Son of God, but to give her specific instructions concerning him...

Message 4

Witnesses Proclaimed Christ the Messiah
Eight days after Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph took him to the temple. Simeon, who had been promised he wouldn die before seeing the Lord Christ, said, my eyes have seen your salvation...

Message 5

Christ Came for Our Salvation
Jesus came to fulfill thousands of years of prophecy. He would be the one who not only represented God, but was God (John 1:1). When Adam and Eve sinned...

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Matthew 16:26

In some Bible versions, Matthew 16:26 describes a person's soul and in others it describes the life. Can someone shed some light in the context of the original Bible that was written in Greece?

馬 太 福 音 16:26 Chinese Union Version (Traditional) (CUV)
26 人 若 賺 得 全 世 界 ， 賠 上 自 己 的 生 命 ， 有 甚 麼 益 處 呢 ？ 人 還 能 拿 甚 麼 換 生 命 呢 ？


NIV
Matthew 16:26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?


ESV
Matthew 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

Thanks.