Phili 3:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. gain-- rather as Greek, "gains"; including all possible advantages of outward status, which he had heretofore enjoyed. I counted-- Greek, "I have counted for Christ's sake loss." He no longer uses the plural as in "gains"; for he counts them all but one great "loss" ( ; ).

‏ Philippians 3:7

7. gain--rather as Greek, "gains"; including all possible advantages of outward status, which he had heretofore enjoyed.

I counted--Greek, "I have counted for Christ's sake loss." He no longer uses the plural as in "gains"; for he counts them all but one great "loss" (Mt 16:26; Lu 9:25).