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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
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Knowing Christ Surpasses All
Paul uses passionate language to declare that knowing Christ is of supreme, surpassing value. Commentators explain this isn't just intellectual information but a deep, personal, and growing relationship. This knowledge is so excellent that, like the sun outshining a candle, it renders all other achievements, status, and worldly gains as insignificant losses in comparison.
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Philippians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yes, doubtless, and I count all things but loss. Not only those things which he had just specified, and which he himself had possessed, he…
Yea, verily, and (αλλα μεν ουν γε κα). Five particles before Paul proceeds (yea, indeed, therefore, at least, even), showing the f…
19th Century
Anglican
For the excellency of the knowledge.—The word “excellency” is used here strictly to indicate (as in [Reference 2 Corinthians 3:9-1…
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Baptist
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yet doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the know…
“What is more” introduces a clause stressing that Paul’s experience on the Damascus road had produced a strong and lasting impression. The merits o…
16th Century
Protestant
Nay more, I reckon. He means that he continues to be of the same mind, because it often happens that, transported with delight in new thin…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss Not only the things before mentioned, but anything, and everything…
Sincere Christians rejoice in Christ Jesus. The prophet calls the false prophets dumb dogs (Isaiah 56:10); the apostle seems t…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Apostle proposed the example believers should follow; here, he shows whose example they should avoid. He does three things in this …
