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Bible study · Philippians 3:1-21

Philippians 3: A loss for Christ

Read Philippians 3:1-21 before you meet.

In a few lines

Philippians 3 turns gain and loss around: "I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ" (3:7), and then "I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ" (3:8). And the Greek verb behind "persecuting the assembly" (3:6) is the verb behind "I press on" (3:12, 3:14).

The verse to carry

“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 3:14

To talk about

  1. 1. "the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord" (3:8). What has helped you come to know Christ Jesus better?

  2. 2. "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (3:14). What helps you keep pressing on?

  3. 3. "Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way" (3:17). Whose example of following Christ has helped you, and how?

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