according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless. But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have considered loss because of Christ. More than that[a], I even consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them[b] dung, in order that I may gain Christ and may be found in him, not having my righteousness which is from the law, but which is through faith in Christ,[c] the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:8 Literally “but on the contrary”
  2. Philippians 3:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Philippians 3:9 Or “through Christ’s faithfulness”
  4. Philippians 3:9 Or “on the basis of his faithfulness”

as for zeal,(A) persecuting the church;(B) as for righteousness based on the law,(C) faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(D) for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(E) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(F) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(G) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(H) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(I)

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  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of