6. as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
7. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
8. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
9. and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
10. that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,