Philippians 3:7

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But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss because of Christ.

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  • Luke 14:33 : 33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
  • Prov 13:8 : 8 A person's wealth may ransom their life, but the poor hear no threat.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Buy the truth and do not sell it—wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
  • Gal 2:15-16 : 15 We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, 16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we also have believed in Christ Jesus in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
  • Gal 5:2-5 : 2 Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 Again I declare to every man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. 4 You who are justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness.
  • Phil 3:4-6 : 4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
  • Matt 13:44-46 : 44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. 46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away, sold everything he had, and bought it.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 The master praised the dishonest manager for acting shrewdly, because the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
  • Luke 17:31-33 : 31 On that day, no one who is on the housetop with possessions inside should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should turn back for anything. 32 Remember Lot's wife! 33 Whoever tries to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
  • Acts 27:18-19 : 18 The next day, as we were being violently tossed by the storm, they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19 On the third day, they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!"
  • Gen 19:26 : 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 Satan answered the LORD, 'Skin for skin! A man will give everything he has for his own life.'

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  • Phil 3:8-14
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    8Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,

    9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

    10I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

    11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

    12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

    13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

    14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

  • Phil 3:3-6
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    3For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, glory in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh.

    4Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

    5Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

    6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

  • Phil 1:20-23
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    20My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with all boldness, now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

    21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

    22Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful labor for me. Yet I do not know what I shall choose.

    23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

  • Gal 1:13-14
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    13For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it.

    14I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, being far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • Rom 15:17
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    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

  • 1 Cor 9:19-23
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    19For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.

    20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law, I became like one under the law, even though I myself am not under the law, to win those under the law.

    21To those without the law, I became like one without the law (not being without God’s law but under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

    22To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.

    23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

  • Phil 1:11-13
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    11Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

    12Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.

    13As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

  • Gal 2:19-20
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    19For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.

    20I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

  • Phil 4:13
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    13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

  • Luke 9:25
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    25'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.

    18What does it matter? Regardless, in every way—whether from false motives or in truth—Christ is proclaimed. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.

  • 1 Cor 9:27
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    27Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • Phil 2:21
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    21For they all seek their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11You know my persecutions and sufferings—what happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecutions I endured. But the Lord delivered me from all of them.

  • Acts 20:24
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    24'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • 1 Cor 6:12
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    12All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

  • Mark 8:35-36
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    35For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

    36What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

  • 1 Cor 2:2
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    2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

  • Rom 9:2-3
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    2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

    3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own people according to the flesh.

  • Gal 5:2
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    2Listen! I, Paul, say to you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

  • 2 Cor 12:10
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    10Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

  • Eph 3:1
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    1For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,