It was Paul who said...

 

 

"What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the

surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,

for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish,

that I may gain Christ and be found in Him,

not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,

but that which is through faith in Christ–

the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith." Phil 3:8-9