For I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)

This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

In fact, what had been glorious is not glorious now by comparison because of the glory that surpasses it.

and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.