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Php 3:9. Εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ) viz. ὤν.-μὴ ἔχων, not having) The words, to suffer loss, to win, to be found, to have, are figurative. The immediate consequence of being, and being found, in Christ, is to have righteousness by faith in Christ. The book מחזור, the collection of prayers for the Jews, has אני ממעשים שולל וערום וצדקתך לבדה היא כסתי, .e. In regard to works I am quite empty and bare, and Thy righteousness alone is my clothing.-ἐμὴν, own) The antithesis is, (the righteousness) is of () ; but ἐμὴν without the article serves to indicate oblivion of the past.[41]-τὴν ἐκ νόμου, that which is of the law) Php 3:6; comp. of, Rom 4:14. The antithesis is, that which is by faith.-διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ) by the faith of Christ, viz. in Christ.-ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει) [which rests] upon faith.
[41] i.e. A wish to forget his former kind of righteousness, as if not his at all.-ED.