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More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord , for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,
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and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,
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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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in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
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Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Cross References 4
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Jeremiah 9:23; John 17:3; Ephesians 4:13; Philippians 3:8; 2 Peter 1:3