PHILIPPIANS 3.8-9
and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered loss of all things, and count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him, not having my righteousness, which [is] of law, but that which [is] through faith from Christ—the righteousness that is of God by faith,
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EPHESIANS 6.18
through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in this, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones—
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1 CORINTHIANS 1.26-29
for see your calling, brothers, that not many [are] wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but God chose the foolish things of the world that He may put the wise to shame; and God chose the weak things of the world that He may put the strong to shame; and God chose the base things of the world, and the things despised, and the things that are not, that He may make useless the things that are—that no flesh may glory before Him;