# What does it profit a person to gain the whole world and then forfeit his life?

"Even if a person gains the whole world, it will not benefit him if he forfeits his life." 

# to gain the whole world and then forfeit his life

"if he gains the whole world and then forfeits his life"

# to gain the whole world

"to gain everything he ever wanted" 

# forfeit

To forfeit something is to lose it or to have another person take it away.