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Phil. 3:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss fori the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I havem suffered the loss of all things, and do count *them but dung, that I may win Christ,*

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Isa. 63:11• (Isa. 63:11)

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Jer. 9:23‑24• (Jer. 9:23‑24)

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John 17:3• ³And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ. (John 17:3)

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1 Cor. 2:2• ²For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)

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2 Cor. 11:25‑27• ²⁵thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
²⁶by wayfarings often, by dangers of rivers, by dangers of robbers, by dangers from countrymen, by dangers from Gentiles, by dangers in town, by dangers in desert, by dangers at sea, by dangers among false brethren, by toil and trouble;
²⁷in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (2 Cor. 11:25‑27)

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doubtless.

Num. 14:30• (Num. 14:30)

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Psa. 126:6• (Psa. 126:6)

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Luke 11:20• ²⁰But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you. (Luke 11:20)

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1 Cor. 9:10• ¹⁰or doth he say it altogether on our account? For it was written on our account, because the plougher ought to plough in hope, and the thresher in hope of partaking. (1 Cor. 9:10)

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1 John 2:19• ¹⁹From us they went out, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have abode with us, but [they went out] that they might be manifested that none are of us. (1 John 2:19)

I count.

Acts 20:24• ²⁴But I hold not my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God. (Acts 20:24)

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Rom. 8:18• ¹⁸For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time [are] not worthy of comparison with the glory about to be revealed in regard to us. (Rom. 8:18)

the excellency.

Phil. 3:10• ¹⁰to know him, and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, (Phil. 3:10)

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Isa. 53:11• (Isa. 53:11)

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Jer. 9:23‑24• (Jer. 9:23‑24)

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Matt. 11:25‑27• ²⁵{i}At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.{/i}
²⁶{i}Yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.{/i}
²⁷{i}All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son but the Father, nor does anyone know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son may be pleased to reveal [him].{/i} (Matt. 11:25‑27)

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Matt. 16:16‑17• ¹⁶{i}And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.{/i}
¹⁷{i}And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.{/i} (Matt. 16:16‑17)

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Luke 10:21‑22• ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father; for thus hath it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father, {i}and{/i} no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal [him]. (Luke 10:21‑22)

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John 14:7,20• ⁷If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
²⁰In that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. (John 14:7,20)

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John 16:3• ³And these things will they do to you because they knew not the Father nor me. (John 16:3)

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John 17:3,8• ³And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ.
⁸because the words which thou gavest me I have given to them, and they received [them], and knew truly that I came out from thee, and believed that thou didst send me. (John 17:3,8)

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1 Cor. 2:2• ²For I determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified. (1 Cor. 2:2)

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2 Cor. 4:4,6• ⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth.
⁶because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:4,6)

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Gal. 1:16• ¹⁶to reveal his Son in me, that I should preach him among the nations, immediately I took not counsel with flesh and blood, (Gal. 1:16)

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Eph. 1:17‑18• ¹⁷that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, would give you [the] spirit of wisdom and revelation in full knowledge of him,
¹⁸having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling; and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints; (Eph. 1:17‑18)

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Eph. 3:8‑9,18‑19• ⁸To me who am less than the least of all saints was this grace given to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of the Christ,
⁹and to enlighten all as to what [is] the administration of the mystery which hath been hidden from the ages in God that created all things;
¹⁸being in love rooted and grounded that ye may be fully able to comprehend with all the saints what [is] the breadth and length and depth and height;
¹⁹and to know the love of the Christ that surpasseth knowledge, that ye may be filled to all the fullness of God. (Eph. 3:8‑9,18‑19)

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Col. 2:2‑3• ²that their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding unto full knowledge of the mystery of God,
³in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:2‑3)

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1 Peter 2:7• ⁷To you therefore that believe [is] the preciousness; but to disobedient [ones] a stone which the builders rejected, this became head of corner, (1 Peter 2:7)

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2 Peter 1:3• ³As his divine power hath granted to us all things that [are] for life and godliness through the knowledge of him that called us by his own glory and excellence, (2 Peter 1:3)

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2 Peter 3:18• ¹⁸But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: to him [be] the glory both now and unto eternity's day. Amen. (2 Peter 3:18)

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1 John 5:20• ²⁰And we know that the Son of God came, and hath given to us understanding that we should know the true one; and we are in the true one, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and life eternal. (1 John 5:20)

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Luke 1:43• ⁴³And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1:43)

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Luke 20:42‑44• ⁴²and David himself saith in the book of Psalms, Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,
⁴³until I put thine enemies [as] footstool of thy feet?
⁴⁴David therefore calleth him Lord; and how is he his son? (Luke 20:42‑44)

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John 20:13,28• ¹³And they say to her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith to them, Because they took away my Lord, and I know not where they laid him.
²⁸Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:13,28)

for whom.

Phil. 3:7• ⁷But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss on account of Christ. (Phil. 3:7)

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Matt. 19:27‑29• ²⁷{i}Then Peter answering said to him, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee; what then shall happen to us?{/i}
²⁸{i}And Jesus said to them, Verily I say unto you, That ye who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit down upon his throne of glory, ye also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.{/i}
²⁹{i}And everyone who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.{/i} (Matt. 19:27‑29)

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1 Cor. 4:9‑13• ⁹For, I think, b God set us the apostles last as devoted to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, to both angels and men:
¹⁰we, fools for Christ, but ye prudent in Christ; we weak, but ye strong; ye illustrious, but we disgraced.
¹¹Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and are buffeted and are homeless wanderers,
¹²and we toil, working with our own hands; reviled, we bless, persecuted, we suffer;
¹³slandered, we beseech. We became as the world's scum, off-scouring of all, until now. (1 Cor. 4:9‑13)

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2 Cor. 11:23‑27• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often.
²⁴From Jews five times I received forty [stripes] save one;
²⁵thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
²⁶by wayfarings often, by dangers of rivers, by dangers of robbers, by dangers from countrymen, by dangers from Gentiles, by dangers in town, by dangers in desert, by dangers at sea, by dangers among false brethren, by toil and trouble;
²⁷in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (2 Cor. 11:23‑27)

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2 Tim. 4:6• ⁶For I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure is all but come. (2 Tim. 4:6)

but dung.

1 Kings 14:10• (1 Kings 14:10)

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2 Kings 9:37• (2 Kings 9:37)

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Job 20:7• (Job 20:7)

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Mal. 2:3• (Mal. 2:3)

win.

Matt. 13:44‑46• ⁴⁴Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid, and for the joy of it goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth the field.
⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like a man of merchandise seeking goodly pearls;
⁴⁶and having found one pearl of great value, he went and sold all whatever he had and bought it. (Matt. 13:44‑46)

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Heb. 3:14• ¹⁴For we are become companions of Christ if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the confidence firm unto the end. (Heb. 3:14)

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1 John 1:3• ³that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:3)

• It was a thorough change in his whole moral being. His gain was now loss to him. Christ was become all. It was not evil which disappeared—everything that belonged to Paul as advantage to the flesh disappeared. (“Philippians 3” by J.N. Darby)

• While he could look back and say “I counted”, he can also say in the present, “Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss”. Moreover, it was not only the things of which he had been speaking that he counted loss, but “all things” in which the flesh might boast. (“Philippians 3” by H. Smith)

• When the Apostle says, “that I may win Christ”, he is looking on to the end of the journey. He is running a race, and he sees that the goal is to be with Christ and like Christ in the glory. (“Philippians 3” by H. Smith)

• {v.8-9} “That I may win Christ, and be found in Him...having...the righteousness which is of God.” The Apostle, already “justified by faith,” who became “God’s righteousness in Him,” is here pressing on to what was yet future — obtaining Christ where He is in resurrection glory. For one already righteous, “the hope of righteousness” is to be found in the final state of righteousness in Christ in glory. (“Help on Hard Verses” by A.C. Brown)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christc;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "have Christ for my gain." see Note, Gal. 2.4.

W. Kelly Translation

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But moreover also I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on whose account I lost all things and count them to be refusea that I may win Christ,

WK Translation Notes

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"Refuse," is a wider and well supported sense rather than "dung," though this too the word (skybala) meant.