Not only those things;

I reckon everything as complete loss

for the sake of what is so much more valuable,

the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.

For his sake I have thrown everything away;

I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

and be completely united with him.

I no longer have a righteousness of my own,

the kind that is gained by obeying the law.

I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ,

the righteousness that comes from God is based on faith.

All I want is to know Christ

and to experience the power of his resurrection,

to share in his sufferings and become like him in this death,

in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life.