Philippians 3:5-14 - Righteousness Through Christ
5 Circumcision done the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 For zeal, driving out the church; for justice in the law, not to be found fault with.
7 But what things were gain to me, these I have thought loss for Christ. 8 But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having my justice, that of the law, but that by faith of Christ, the justice from God by faith: 10 To know him, and the power of his rising up, and the mutual participation of his sufferings, being rendered conformable to his death; 11 If somehow I shall arrive at the rising up of the dead.
12 Not that I have alreaedy attained or have been already perfected: and I pursue, if I also may overtake, for which also I was overtaken by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I reckon not myself to have been overtaken: but one, truly forgetting things behind, and stretching still farther to things before, 14 I pursue toward the scope for the prize of combat of the calling above of God in Christ Jesus.