Filipenses 3:9

9. Found in him Now, by both God and men, in him, as the element in whom the soul lives and moves.

Righteousness Legal and evangelical justification are put in sharp contrast. One originates in the law, the other in God. The former is mine own; the result of personal obedience to the law’s commands, as possessing power or merit toward procuring acceptance with God; the latter is obtained through faith in Christ, inspired by God, on account of the merit of Christ, and through faith as the condition. That self-righteousness in which Saul of Tarsus had been so confident he had found utterly vain; and renouncing all hope therefrom, he turned to Christ, receiving his justification as a flee gift of divine grace. By faith, or, upon faith, shows it to be God’s plan to bestow acceptance on the condition of faith in his Son. (See notes on Romans 3:21-25.)