Philippians 3:7-10

7But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.

8More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ

9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ  — the righteousness from God based on faith.

10My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,