Skubalon denotes things regarded as worthless and discarded in comparison with gaining Christ.

In Philippians 3:8, the plural noun marks “all things” as items Paul regards as worthless and discarded in comparison with gaining Christ.

1. Things treated as worthless and discarded · dominant

   In Philippians 3:8, the accusative plural form stands in the clause about suffering the loss of all things and regarding them in a way contrasted with gaining Christ; the APB renders the clause “regard them as rubbish.”

   Philippians 3:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Philippians 3:8, the APB presents the clause as “regard them as rubbish,”.