Philippians 3

7 But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have considered loss because of Christ. 8 More than that*Literally "but on the contrary", I even consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them**Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation dung, in order that I may gain Christ