Charles Spurgeon Commentary Philippians 3:7

"Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ." — Philippians 3:7 (ASV)

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

So, when we come to Christ, whatever we rely on, we must put away. We must write it on the other side of the ledger.

We had entered it as a gain; now we must set it down as a loss. It is of no value whatsoever; indeed, it is a loss if it should tempt us to trust any less in Christ.

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

His faith in Jesus reversed all his former estimates, so that he counted his gains as losses. He thought it all the worse, regarding zeal, to have persecuted the church, and greatly to his harm to have imagined that he was blameless in the presence of God.