Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? — the rhetorical question completes the economic argument: nothing in the world can purchase back a forfeited soul. The irreversibility of the loss is the point. Once the soul is forfeited for the world's gain, there is nothing the world's gain can give back for it. The argument for cross-bearing discipleship is not emotional appeal but the cold logic of ultimate value: the soul is worth more than everything the world can offer.

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