Epistle to the Romans (Short Version)
Chapter 6: Through Death I Will Achieve True Life
All the pleasures of the world and all the kingdoms of this earth will profit me nothing. It is better for me to die on behalf of Jesus Christ than to reign over all the ends of the earth. "For what will a man be profited if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?" Him I seek, who died for us; Him I desire, who rose again for our sake. This is the gain that is laid up for me. Pardon me, brethren; do not hinder me from living, do not wish to keep me in a state of death; and while I desire to belong to God, do not give me over to the world. Allow me to obtain pure light; when I have gone there, I shall indeed be a man of God. Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of my God. If anyone has Him within himself, let him consider what I desire, and let him sympathize with me, knowing how I am constrained.