<p>5:38 <i>But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins</i>- AV adds &quot;and both are preserved&quot;, Gk. preserved from loss / ruin. There is a very real sense of loss to Jesus if His blood (the new wine) is as it were poured out in vain. There will be tragic loss both to Him and to the person who refuses to be wholly renewed. The word is used of the final destruction in condemnation at the last day (Mt. 10:28,39; 16:25; Jn. 3:15). The lives of the untransformed recipients of the new wine are shattered (&quot;break&quot;) and then finally they are destroyed in final condemnation.&nbsp;The loss is not only to the untransformed person. There is also a loss and damage to the new wine, the Lord Jesus. He is not undamaged by the loss of any of His people. Their failure is His re-crucifixion, the pouring out again of His blood, but in vain. All this signals the danger of not being totally transformed after having received the Truth. Interestingly, a form of the Greek&nbsp;<i>suntereo</i>&nbsp;&quot;preserved&quot; is used in Jn. 2:10, where it is noted that the Lord Jesus&nbsp;<i>kept</i>&nbsp;Gk.&nbsp;<i>tereo</i> the best wine.&nbsp;<i>Tereo</i>&nbsp;is frequently on the lips of the Lord in John's Gospel (and is widely used by John in his letters), in the context of 'keeping' His word. But this is done by totally surrendering human life to be a vessel totally devoted to the new wine we have received, rather than steel willed, nail-biting, white-knuckled struggle for obedience to specific laws.</p>