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ButἈλλὰwhatever thingsἅτιναwereἦνgainsκέρδηto me,μοιtheseταῦταI have consideredἥγημαιlossζημίανbecause ofδιὰthe Messiah.τὸν Χριστὸν
Philippians 3:7
Study it in the app“But whatever things were gains to me, these I have considered loss because of the Messiah.”
Paul counts as loss everything he had, to know the MessiahFollowing Jesus
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 3:7, word by word
- wereἦνēn
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appears- gainsκέρδηkerdē
gain
Gain.
Where else “kerdē” appears- I have consideredἥγημαιhēgēmai
consider
To deem something so.
Where else “hēgēmai” appears- lossζημίανzēmian
loss
Loss, damage to one's goods.
Where else “zēmian” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears
The context
6as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to the righteousness that is in the law, having become blameless.
7 · This verse (above)
8More than that, I also consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of the knowledge of the Messiah Jesus my Lord, because of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and I consider them garbage, so that I may gain the Messiah
To study Philippians 3 in a group
1. What it says
What things that Paul once counted as gain does he now count as loss, and why (v. 4-8)?
2. What it means
Paul says, "forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead" (v. 13). What do you think that means?
3. How I live it
Paul keeps pressing on without claiming to be perfect (v. 12-14). What small step can you take today in something you want to grow in?