and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(A) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(B) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(C) 10 I want to know(D) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(E) becoming like him in his death,(F) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(G) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(H) but I press on to take hold(I) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(J) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(K) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(L) toward the goal to win the prize(M) for which God has called(N) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

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