Philippians Chapter 3 verse 7 Holy Bible
Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
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But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
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but what things were gain to me these I counted, on account of Christ, loss.
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But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
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However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.
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But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss;
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Philippians 3 : 7 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ; literally, but such things as used to be gains to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ's sake. He used to regard these outward privileges, one by one, as so many items of gain; now he has learned to regard them, all in the aggregate, as so much loss because of Christ. They were loss because confidence in outward things tends to keep the soul from Christ. Τοῦ γὰρ ἡλίου φανέτος, says Chrysostom, προσκαθῆσθαι τῷ λύχνῳ ζημία.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) I counted loss . . .--Not merely worthless, but worse than worthless; because preventing the sense of spiritual need and helplessness which should bring to Christ, and so, while "gaining all the world," tending to the "loss of his own soul." St. Paul first applies this declaration to the Jewish privilege and dignity of which he had spoken. Then, not content with this, he extends it to "all things" which were his to sacrifice for Christ.