from verse 7 onward, as follows: What was gain is counted as loss for the sake of Christ (7); the loss of all things was suffered in order to gain Christ (8); the aim is directed not on his own righteousness, but on that which is from God through faith (9); perfection is not yet attained, but is eagerly pursued (12), and what lies behind is forgotten so that with all his might he could press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ (14). Such is the life and walk of Paul