 St. Paul despairs of his own righteousness, his own Pharisaic righteousness under the law, a righteousness that depends on his own works, and instead he clings to a foreign righteousness, an alien righteousness, a righteousness of another to be received by faith. The righteousness which surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees is Christ's own righteousness. Jesus Christ alone has lived under the law perfectly. He is the only one