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Philippians 3:7

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

KJV

ἅτινα ἦν μοι κέρδη, ταῦτα ἥγημαι διὰ τὸν Χριστὸν ζημίαν.

Greek NT

Sed quæ mihi fuerunt lucra, hæc arbitratus sum propter Christum detrimenta.

Vulgate

Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

ASV

But the things that were gain to me, the same I have counted loss for Christ.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Χριστός
christos
noun · 530×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζημία
zemia
noun · 4×
κέρδος
kerdos
noun · 3×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἡγέομαι
egeomai
verb · 28×
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 4.—About the Prefigured Change of the Israelitic Kingdom and Priesthood, and About the Things Hannah the Mother of Samuel Prophesied, Personating the Church. Therefore the advance of the city of God, where it reached the times of the kings, yielded a figure, when, on the rejection of Saul, David first obtained the kingdom on such a footing that thenceforth his descendan…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 5:16 — Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
  • 2Cor 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • Acts 27:32 — Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
  • Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Eccl 3:6 — A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
  • Gal 2:15 — We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
  • Gal 5:2 — Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
  • Gal 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
  • Gen 19:17 — And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed
  • Gen 19:26 — But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
  • Job 2:4 — And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
  • John 6:54 — Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
  • John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments.
  • John 16:10 — Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
  • Luke 5:11 — And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
  • Luke 9:29 — And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
  • Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:33 — So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 14:33 — So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Luke 16:8 — And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  • Luke 17:31 — In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
  • Luke 17:31 — In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
  • Luke 18:28 — Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
  • Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
  • Mark 8:36 — For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
  • Mark 9:47 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
  • Mark 10:28 — Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
  • Mark 10:50 — And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
  • Mark 13:15 — And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
  • Matt 10:37 — He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  • Matt 13:44 — Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
  • Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Matt 22:42 — Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
  • Phil 3:4 — Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
  • Phil 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
  • Phil 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
  • Prov 13:8 — The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
  • Prov 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
  • Prov 23:23 — Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.