Philippians 3:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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,

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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 Christ,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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 Christ,

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Ye I thinke all thynges but losse for that excellet knowledges sake of Christ Iesu my LORde. For whom I have counted all thynge losse and do iudge them but donge that I myght wynne Christ

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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 Christ,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yes most assuredly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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,

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,

Referenced Verses

  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life, that they might know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
  • 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 According to his divine power, he has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to glory and virtue:
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  • Phil 3:10 : 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death;
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.'
  • John 14:20 : 20 At that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
  • John 17:8 : 8 For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have surely known that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
  • Phil 3:7 : 7 But what things were gain to me, those I have counted as loss for Christ.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
  • Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;
  • Rom 8:18 : 18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
  • 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised. 11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it. 13 Being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
  • Eph 4:13 : 13 Till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:
  • Col 2:2-3 : 2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
  • Eph 3:8-9 : 8 To me, who am less than the least of all saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make all people see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hidden in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
  • Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
  • Gal 1:16 : 16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
  • 1 Cor 9:10 : 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • 1 Cor 2:2 : 2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
  • John 20:13 : 13 And they said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.
  • John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God!
  • John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Luke 20:42-44 : 42 And David himself says in the book of Psalms, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, 43 Till I make your enemies your footstool. 44 David therefore calls him Lord, how is he then his son?
  • John 14:7 : 7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him.
  • Num 14:30 : 30 Surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  • 1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him who urinates against the wall, and him who is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takes away dung, until it is all gone.
  • 2 Kgs 9:37 : 37 And the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the plot of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
  • Job 20:7 : 7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
  • Ps 126:6 : 6 He who goes forth weeping, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
  • Mal 2:3 : 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
  • Matt 11:25-27 : 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight. 27 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • 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 then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
  • Matt 16:16-17 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood have not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
  • Matt 19:27-29 : 27 Then Peter answered and said to him, Behold, we have left all and followed you. What shall we have therefore? 28 And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.
  • Luke 1:43 : 43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
  • Luke 10:21-22 : 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and prudent, and revealed them to babes: even so, Father, for so it seemed good in your sight. 22 All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • 1 John 1:3 : 3 That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
  • Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I cast out demons with the finger of God, no doubt the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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