Philippians 3:5-8 I was circumcised eight days after I was born; I am from the nation of Israelites; from the tribe of Benjamin and of Hebrew ancestry i.e., an outstanding Hebrew. As far as the law of Moses is concerned, I am a Pharisee i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ [I was] circumcised eight days after I was born; [I am] from the nation of Israelites; from the tribe of Benjamin and of Hebrew ancestry [i.e., an outstanding Hebrew]. As far as the law of Moses is concerned, [I am] a Pharisee [i.e., a strict sect of the Jewish religion]. ⁶ As far as enthusiasm is concerned, I persecuted the church; as far as being righteous according to the law of Moses is concerned, I was without just blame. ⁷ However, those things which were [once regarded as] gain to me, I have [now] considered to be loss for [the sake of] Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything to be a loss compared to the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus [as] my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of all things. [I now] consider [all of] them to be trash, in order to gain Christ