⁶ as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which [is] in [the] law, found blameless;

⁷ but what things were gain to me these I counted, on account of Christ, loss.

⁸ But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;