Chunks: Paul's Letter to the Philippians

Paul has to counter the argument of the Judaizers, and does so in two moves. First, he plays the bragging game, and shows that he has more religious cred than they do. But then second, he insists that none of that matters anymore. Compared to the privilege of personally knowing the Jesus he used to persecute, all of the things in which he used to take pride are garbage to him now.