Philippians 3:5-14 - Righteousness Through Christ

⁵ in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; regarding law, a Pharisee; ⁶ regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness in law, having become blameless.

⁷ But whatever was gain to me, these things I regarded loss because of the Christ. ⁸ But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C ⁹ and be found in him, not having my righteousness, that from law, but that through Christ's faith--the righteousness from God based on faith-- ¹⁰ to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, ¹¹ if somehow I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.

¹² Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brothers, I reckon myself not to have seized, but one thing, indeed forgetting the things behind, and reaching forward to the things ahead, ¹⁴ I press forward toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.