Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Ver. 8. And do count them but dung] Dog's dung (as some interpret the word σκυβαλα, quasi κυσιβαλα), or dog's meat, coarse and contemptible. Paul's sublime spirit counts all dung, yet is content, for Christ, to be counted the offscouring of all things.