Philippians 3: 8 - 14
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| 8
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Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ
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| 9
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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith;
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| 10
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that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
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| 11
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that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
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| 12
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Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect; but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
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| 13
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Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
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| 14
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I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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