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] 10 so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

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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”