⁴sthough I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵tcircumcised on the eighth day, uof the people of Israel, vof the tribe of Benjamin, ua Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, wa Pharisee; ⁶xas to zeal, ya persecutor of the church; zas to righteousness under the law,3 blameless. ⁷But awhatever gain I had, bI counted as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸Indeed, I count everything as loss because of cthe surpassing worth of dknowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I ehave suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ ⁹and be found in him, not having fa righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but gthat which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— ¹⁰hthat I may know him and ithe power of his resurrection, and jmay share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, ¹¹that by any means possible I may kattain the resurrection from the dead.

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