Philippians 3:4-14

4although 1I myself could boast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he is confident in the flesh, I have more reason: 52circumcised the eighth day, of the 3nation of Israel, of the 4tribe of Benjamin, a 5Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, 6a Pharisee; 6as to zeal, 7a persecutor of the church; as to the 8righteousness which is in the Law, found 9blameless.

7But 10whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. 8More than that, I count all things to be loss 11in view of the surpassing value of 1213knowing 14Christ Jesus my Lord, 15for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, 9and may be found in Him, not having 16a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, 17the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10that I may 18know Him and 19the power of His resurrection and 2021the fellowship of His sufferings, being 22conformed to His death; 11if somehow I may 23attain to the resurrection from the dead.

12Not that I have already 2425grasped it all or have already 26become perfect, but I press on if I may also 27take hold of that 28for which I 29was even taken hold of by 30Christ Jesus. 13Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: 31forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14I 32press on toward the goal for the prize of the 33upward call of God in 34Christ Jesus.