Translation
What’s more, indeed, I count all things to be a loss because of the higher quality of the knowledge of CHRIST JESUS my Lord, for whom I have lost all things, and consider them as refuse
Go to footnote numberthat I may gain CHRIST,
Paraphrase
What’s more, the full picture is that I now consider all things as a waste of time and effort compared to the far higher value of knowing THE ANOINTED MESSIAH who is also THE SAVIOR, whom I follow as Lord, and for whom I have now suffered the actual loss of everything, and consider all that stuff to have the same value as a pile of manure; I have done this in order to avail myself of what THE ANOINTED MESSIAH has to offer,
Footnotes
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Literally “a pile of manure or dung.”