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CWC!

Righteousness of faith = the ONLY righteous thing we CAN do is admit that ONLY GOD/CHRIST IS RIGHTEOUS and humbly surrender to that
"We glory in despising our own alleged righteousness" = boast of weaknesses for CHRIST'S glory = look what gracious love He shows in helping & saving wretched me

"Did you see how he reaped the benefit of God’s liberality and then how abundantly he contributed his own share, (RELATIONSHIP GIVETAKE-FLOW) by his zeal, his fervor, his faith, his courage, his patience, his lofty mind and his undaunted will? (ALL BY GRACE) This is why he deserved a larger measure of help from above." (Paradox = grace ENABLES, but like talents invested; no prior deserving! It is GIFT)

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"IN (BY MEANS OF) seeking after the righteousness by faith which is of God through Christ, he sought only to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings (all THROUGH FAITH), being made conformable to his death, so as to attain to the resurrection from the dead…"