Philippians 3:8

Easy To Read Version

Not only those things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all those things \{I thought were important\}. And now I know that all those things are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:10

So, Jeroboam, I will bring troubles to your family. I will kill all of the men in your family. I will destroy your family completely, like fire completely destroys dung.

2 Kings 9:37

Jezebel’s body will be like dung on the field in the area of Jezreel. People won’t be able to recognize Jezebel’s body!’”

Job 20:7

But he will be gone forever,\par like his own body waste.\par People who know him will say,\par ‘Where is he?’\par

Psalm 126:6

He might cry when he carries\par the seeds out to the field,\par but he will be happy\par when he brings the harvest in!\par \par \par

Psalm 73:25

God, I have you in heaven.\par And when I am with you,\par what on earth can I want?\par

Isaiah 53:11

He will suffer many things in his soul, but he will see the good things that happen. He will be satisfied with the things he learns. My Good Servant will make many people not guilty; he will carry away their guilt.

Malachi 2:3

“Look, I will punish your descendants. During the holidays, you priests offer sacrifices to me. You take the dung and inside parts from the dead animals, and throw those parts away. But I will smear that dung on your faces, and you will be thrown away with it!

Numbers 14:30

So none of you will ever enter and live in the land that I promised to give you. Only Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun will enter that land.

Luke 1:43

You are the mother of my Lord, and you have come to me! Why has something so good happened to me?

Luke 11:20

But I use the power of God to force out demons. This shows that the kingdom of God has come to you!

John 14:20

On that day you will know that I am in the Father. You will know that you are in me and I am in you.

John 14:7

If you really knew me, then you would know my Father too. But now you know the Father. You have seen him.”

John 16:3

People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.

John 17:8

I gave these men the teachings that you gave me. They accepted those teachings. They know that I truly came from you. And they believed that you sent me.

John 20:13

The angels asked Mary, “Woman, why are you crying?”

John 20:28

Thomas said to Jesus, “My Lord and my God!”

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).

Romans 8:18

We have sufferings now. But the sufferings we have now are nothing compared to the great glory that will be given to us.

1 Corinthians 2:2

I decided that while I was with you I would forget about everything except Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.

1 Corinthians 9:10

He was really talking about us. Yes, that Scripture {\cf2\super [55]} was written for us. The person that plows and the person that separates the grain should hope (expect) to get some of the grain for their work.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler {\cf2\super [17]} of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of people who don’t believe. They cannot see the light (truth) of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ. Christ is the One who is exactly like God.

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “The light will shine out of the darkness!” And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts. He gave us light by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.

Galatians 1:16

to tell the Good News {\cf2\super [6]} about his Son (Jesus) to the non-Jewish people. So God let me see and learn about his Son. When God called me, I did not get advice or help from any person.

Ephesians 4:13

\{This work must continue\} until we are all joined together in the same faith and in the same knowledge about the Son of God. We must become like a mature (perfect) person—we must grow until we become like Christ and have all his perfection.

Philippians 1:1

Greetings from Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:10

All I want is to know Christ and the power of his rising from death. I want to share in Christ’s sufferings and become like him in his death.

Philippians 3:12

I don’t mean that I am already exactly like God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach that goal and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that. That is the reason Christ made me his.

Philippians 3:7

At one time all these things were important to me. But I decided that those things are worth nothing because of Christ.

2 Timothy 4:6

My life is being given as an offering for God. The time has come for me to leave this life here.

Hebrews 3:14

We all share together with Christ. This is true if we continue until the end to have the sure faith we had in the beginning.

1 Peter 2:7

That stone (Jesus) is worth much to you people who believe. But to the people who don’t believe, he is:

2 Peter 1:2

Grace (kindness) and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know God and Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

Jesus has the power of God. And his power has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus called us by his glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:8

If all these things are in you and they are growing, then these things will help you to never be useless. These things will help you to never be worthless in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace (kindness) and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.

1 John 1:3

Now we tell you the things that we have seen and heard. Why? Because we want you to have fellowship {\cf2\super [1]} together with us. The fellowship we share together is with God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:19

Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.

1 John 5:20

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}