Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know is a compact confession of Christian faith built around one repeated answer: Jesus Christ, the crucified.
Hymns Based on Philippians 3:8
Christian hymns and worship songs connected to Philippians 3:8
"However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith, that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,"
— Philippians 3:8
Theological Significance
This verse has inspired Christian hymns that explore themes of Assurance, Discipleship, Consecration, Devotion, Faith. Many worship songs connected to Philippians 3:8 proclaim these timeless biblical truths and invite believers to reflect on and celebrate the message of this scripture.
Sermon Themes from This Passage
- Assurance
- Discipleship
- Consecration
- Devotion
- Faith
Suggested Hymns for Worship
Example Worship Flow
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Call to Worship Psalm 100
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Opening Hymn O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth
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Scripture Reading Philippians 3:8
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Sermon Assurance
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Response Hymn More About Jesus
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Reflection Hymn Ask Ye What Great Thing I Know
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Closing Hymn Be Thou My Vision
Hymns Inspired by This Passage
Be Thou My Vision is a prayer of consecration centered on God as the governing reality of life.
“I Surrender All” is a late nineteenth-century gospel hymn about consecration: the deliberate offering of one's whole life to Jesus Christ.
Jesus Priceless Treasure is the English form most closely associated with Catherine Winkworth's translation of Johann Franck's German hymn Jesu, meine Freude.
More About Jesus is a late nineteenth-century gospel hymn shaped as a sustained prayer for deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ.
More Love to Thee, O Christ is a prayer for one desire to become greater than all competing desires: deeper love for Christ.
“Nearer, Still Nearer” is a late nineteenth-century gospel hymn shaped as a sustained prayer for deeper communion with Christ.
This hymn is an extended act of adoration directed to Jesus Christ.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross is Isaac Watts's concentrated meditation on the crucifixion and the response it demands from the believer.