Philippians 3:7 - Exposition

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ ; literally, but such things as used to be gains to me , those I have counted as loss for Christ ' s sake. He used to regard these outward privileges, one by one, as so many items of gain; now he has learned to regard them, all in the aggregate, as so much loss because of Christ. They were loss because confidence in outward things tends to keep the soul from Christ. τοῦ γὰρ ἡλίου φανέτος , says Chrysostom, προσκαθῆσθαι τῷ λύχνῳ ζημία .