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But whatever things were assets to me, these I now consider a loss for the sake of the Messiah.[a] What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah[b] Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish[c] in order to gain the Messiah[d] and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness[e] of the Messiah,[f] the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith. 10 I want to know the Messiah[g]—what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 though I hope to experience the resurrection from the dead.

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  1. Philippians 3:7 Or Christ
  2. Philippians 3:8 Or Christ
  3. Philippians 3:8 Or dung
  4. Philippians 3:8 Or Christ
  5. Philippians 3:9 Or through faith in
  6. Philippians 3:9 Or Christ
  7. Philippians 3:10 Lit. To know him

But alla whatever hostis things were eimi gain kerdos to me egō, these houtos I have come to regard hēgeomai as loss zēmia because dia of · ho Christ Christos. More than that alla, I regard hēgeomai all pas things as eimi loss zēmia because dia of the ho surpassing hyperechō worth of ho knowing gnōsis Christ Christos Jesus Iēsous · ho my egō Lord kyrios, for dia whom hos I have suffered the loss of · ho all pas things and kai regard hēgeomai them as rubbish skybalon, in order hina to gain kerdainō Christ Christos and kai be found heuriskō in en him autos, not having echō a righteousness dikaiosynē of my emos own that ho comes from ek the Law nomos, but alla that ho which comes through dia faith pistis in Christ Christos, the ho righteousness dikaiosynē from ek God theos that is based on epi · ho faith pistis 10 that ho I may know ginōskō him autos and kai the ho power dynamis of ho his autos resurrection anastasis and kai the ho fellowship koinōnia of ho his autos sufferings pathēma, becoming symmorphizō like him in ho his autos death thanatos, 11 if ei somehow pōs I may attain katantaō the ho resurrection exanastasis · ho from ek the dead nekros.

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