for What Shall it profit a man if you shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul it concern our own highest best and interest it concerns our soul what is serious question this word of scripture contains what a mighty sum of profit and loss the present for us for calculation where is the accountant who could balance it up where is the clever mathematician who would not be baffled by that sum what shall it's profit a man if you shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul it is the first step towards heaven.