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Philippians 3:6–8

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6pConcerning zeal, qpersecuting the church; touching rthe righteousness which is in the law, sblameless. 7But twhat things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8Yea udoubtless, and I count all things but loss for wthe excellency of xthe knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have ysuffered the loss of all things, and do count them but zdung, that I may win Christ,

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Philippians 3:8: Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord...

Footnotes

  1. qSee Acts 8:3.
  2. sSee ch. 2:15.
  3. tComp. Matt. 13:44.
  4. uSee Rom. 9:20.
  5. wComp. Wisd. 7:9.
  6. xIsai. 53:11. Jer. 9:23, 24. John 17:3. 1 Cor. 2:2. Col. 2:3. 2 Pet. 1:3. See 2 Cor. 5:16.
  7. ySee Luke 9:25.
  8. zEcclus. 27:4. So Ecclus. 26:28 in the Gk.

Cross references

  1. pActs 22:3. Gal. 1:13, 14.
  2. rRom. 10:5.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

NIVNew International Version (2011)

as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

CSBChristian Standard Bible

regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ. More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ

NLTNew Living Translation

I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.

I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless. But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have considered loss because of Christ. More than that, I even consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them dung, in order that I may gain Christ