⁷ Those things were ·important [valuable; or assets] to me, but now I think they are ·worth nothing [or liabilities; ^La loss] because of Christ. ⁸ Not only those things, but I think that all things are ·worth nothing [or liabilities; ^La loss] ·compared with [or because of] the ·greatness [superior/supreme value] of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him, I have lost all those things, and now I ·know they are [consider them] ·worthless trash [garbage; refuse; excrement]. ·This allows me to have [^L…so that I may gain] Christ ⁹ and to ·belong to [be united with; ^Lbe found in] him. ·Now I am right with God, not because I followed the law [^L…not having my own righteousness from the law], but because ·I believed in Christ [of faith in Christ; or of the faithfulness of Christ]. This is the ·right relationship with [or righteousness of/from] God that comes through ·faith [or the faithfulness (of Christ)].