Philippians 3:7-11

"But whatever gain I had, I
counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
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 rubbish,
in order that I may gain Christ
and be found in him,
not having a righteousness of
my own that comes
from the law, but that which comes
through faith in Christ,
the righteousness from God that depends
on faith--
that I may know him and the power
of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings,
becoming like him in his death, that by any
means possible I may attain the
resurrection from the dead.