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Philippians 3

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philippians.3.phil3Gains

ἅτινα ... κέρδη ... ζημίαν

TRANSLATIONINTERPRETATIONmoderate confidence

How does Paul revalue his former advantages?

The accounting terms are plural ‘gains’ and singular ‘loss’; Paul transfers his whole prior asset column into loss because of Christ.

Why this default

The formal gains/loss rendering leads because it preserves Paul’s deliberate accounting reversal and change from plural assets to one loss; the alternatives interpret liability or reconstruct the ledger.

Evidence

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Project defaultwhatever things were gains to me, these I have counted as loss because of Christ

Project default · accounting metaphor

Alternativewhatever had been to my advantage, I now regard as a liability for Christ’s sake

Responsible alternative · metaphor interpreted

Alternativethe assets I once possessed I have entered as one loss because of Christ

Plural gains and singular loss foregrounded

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Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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