And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Be found in him (Ephesians 2:6) - as the element of my life, at His coming again. Once lost, I have been "found;" and I hope to be perfectly "found" by Him (Luke 15:8).
Own righteousness, which is of, х ek (G1537), from: such as I strove after from my own obeying]
The law (Philippians 3:6; Romans 10:3; Romans 10:5).
Righteousness which is of God by faith - `which is from х ek (G1537)] God, (resting) upon х epi (G1909)] faith.' Paul was transported from legal bondage into Christian freedom without gradual transition. instantaneously opposition to Pharisaic Judaism took the place of opposition to the Gospel. God's providence fitly prepared him for overthrowing legal justification. 'The righteousness of faith,' in Paul's sense, is the righteousness of Christ appropriated by faith, as the objective ground of confidence, and also as a new subjective principle of life. It includes the essence of a new disposition, and so of sanctification, though the two ideas are distinct. It is not any arbitrary act, as if God treated as sinless a man persisting in sin, simply because he believes in Christ; but the objective on the part of God corresponds to the subjective on the part of man-namely, faith. The realization of the archetype of holiness by Christ is the pledge that this shall be realized in all who are one with Him by faith, and are become the organs of His Spirit. Its germ is imparted in believing, although the fruit of a life perfectly conformed to the Redeemer can here be only gradually developed.