This word encompasses both material profit and broader advantage or benefit. While it can refer to financial gain, the New Testament uses it in more nuanced ways. Paul employs it paradoxically in Philippians 1:21—'For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain'—where death itself becomes profit because it means being with Christ. In Philippians 3:7, he counts his former advantages as loss for Christ's sake. Titus 1:11 warns against false teachers motivated by shameful gain. The word prompts reflection on what we truly value as advantageous.