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Philippians 3:8

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,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to be” (εἶναι,) before that here.

ἀλλὰallaYeaἀλλάconjunction — “Yea”G235but, except, however.Yeaμενοῦνγεmenoungedoubtlessμενοῦνγεparticle — “doubtless”G3304nay rather; indeed, truly, really.doubtlessκαὶkaiandκαίadverb — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andἡγοῦμαιhēgoumaiI countἡγέομαι (hēgeomai)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “I count”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2233(a) I lead, (b) I think, am of opinion, suppose, consider.I countπάνταpantaall thingsπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all things”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all thingsζημίανzēmianbut lossζημία (zēmia)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “but loss”, the object formG2209damage, loss, detriment.This verse uses “loss”.but lossεἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).forδιὰdiaforδιάpreposition — “for”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.forτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.ὑπερέχονhuperechonbe higherὑπερέχω (huperechō)verb, present active participle, accusative, singular, neuter — “be higher”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5242I excel, surpass, am superior.τῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.γνώσεωςgnōseōsknowledgeγνῶσις (gnōsis)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “knowledge”, the of-formG1108knowledge, doctrine, wisdom.This verse uses “knowledge”.ΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.ChristἸησοῦiēsouJesusἸησοῦς (iēsous)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the of-formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.τοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).δι’dithroughδιά (dia)preposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.ὃνhonwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πάνταpantaallπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.ἐζημιώθηνezēmiōthēnto loseζημιόω (zēmioō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular — “to lose”, a single actionG2210I inflict loss (damage) upon, fine, punish, sometimes with the acc. of the penalty, even when the verb is passive.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.ἡγοῦμαιhēgoumaito governἡγέομαι (hēgeomai)verb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to govern”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2233(a) I lead, (b) I think, am of opinion, suppose, consider.σκύβαλαskubalagarbageσκύβαλον (skubalon)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “garbage”, the object formG4657refuse, dregs, dung.ἵναhinain order thatἵναconjunction — “in order that”G2443in order that, so that.This verse uses “in order that”.ΧριστὸνchristonChristΧριστός (christos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the object formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.κερδήσωkerdēsōto gainκερδαίνω (kerdainō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 1st person singular — “to gain”, a single actionG2770I gain, acquire, win (over), avoid loss.This verse uses “gain”.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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,

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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,

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a 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

Darby Translation

But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;

Douay-Rheims

Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:

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