Philippians 3:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

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  • Luke 14:33 : 33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Get for yourself that which is true, and do not let it go for money; get wisdom and teaching and good sense.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward, 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
  • Gal 2:15-16 : 15 We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles, 16 Being conscious that a man does not get righteousness by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ, we had faith in Christ Jesus, so that we might get righteousness by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law will no flesh get righteousness.
  • Gal 5:2-5 : 2 See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you. 3 Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law. 4 You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
  • Phil 3:4-6 : 4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more: 5 Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee: 6 In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a trader searching for beautiful jewels. 46 And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And his lord was pleased with the false servant, because he had been wise; for the sons of this world are wiser in relation to their generation than the sons of light.
  • Luke 17:31-33 : 31 On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house. 32 Keep in mind Lot's wife. 33 If anyone makes an attempt to keep his life, it will be taken from him, but if anyone gives up his life, he will keep it.
  • Acts 27:18-19 : 18 And, still fighting the storm with all our strength, the day after they made a start at getting the goods out of the ship; 19 And on the third day, they let all the sailing apparatus go over the side.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
  • Gen 19:26 : 26 But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Phil 3:8-14
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    8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

    10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

    11 If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

    12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

    13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

    14 I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 3:3-6
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    3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

    4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

    5 Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

    6 In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

  • Phil 1:20-23
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    20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

    21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

    22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

    23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    13 For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

    14 And I went farther in the Jews' religion than a number of my generation among my countrymen, having a more burning interest in the beliefs handed down from my fathers.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

  • 1 Cor 9:19-23
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    19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

    20 And to the Jews I was as a Jew, so that I might give the good news to them; to those under the law I was the same, not as being myself under the law, but so that I might give the good news to those under the law.

    21 To those without the law I was as one without the law, not as being without law to God, but as under law to Christ, so that I might give the good news to those without the law.

    22 To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.

    23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

  • Phil 1:11-13
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    11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12 Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

    13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

  • Gal 2:19-20
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    19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.

    20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.

  • Phil 4:13
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    13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

  • Luke 9:25
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    25 For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

    18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15 But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • Phil 2:21
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    21 For they all go after what is theirs, not after the things of Christ.

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

  • Acts 20:24
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    24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12 I am free to do all things; but not all things are wise. I am free to do all things; but I will not let myself come under the power of any.

  • Mark 8:35-36
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    35 Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

    36 What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

  • 1 Cor 2:2
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    2 For I had made the decision to have knowledge of nothing among you but only of Jesus Christ on the cross.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Col 1:24
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    24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

  • Rom 9:2-3
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    2 That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.

    3 For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:

  • Gal 5:2
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    2 See, I Paul say to you, that if you undergo circumcision, Christ will be of no use to you.

  • 2 Cor 12:10
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    10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,