7. But whatever things were gain to me, these I have considered as loss for the sake of the Messiah.
8. More than that, I consider all things to be loss in comparison to the surpassing value of the knowledge of Messiah Yeshua my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things; and I consider them garbage in order that I might gain Messiah
9. and be found in Him not having my righteousness derived from Torah, but one that is through trusting in Messiah—the righteousness from God based on trust.
10. My aim is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death—
11. if somehow I might arrive at the resurrection from among the dead.
12. Not that I have already obtained this or been perfected, but I press on if only I might take hold of that for which Messiah Yeshua took hold of me.
13. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself as having taken hold of this. But this one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14. I press on toward the goal for the reward of the upward calling of God in Messiah Yeshua.
15. Therefore let all who are mature have this attitude; and if you have a different attitude in anything, this also God will reveal to you.
16. Nevertheless, let us live up to the same standard we have attained.