Philippians 3

1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you indeed is not burdensome to me, but it is safe to you.

2 Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!

Beware of dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the counterfeit circumcision.

3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

For we are the circumcision, who serve the Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, also having no confidence in the flesh:

4 though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

even though also having confidence in the flesh. If any other one seems to have confidence in the flesh, I the more:

5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.

in reference to zeal, persecuting the church, according to righteousness which was in the law being blameless.

7 But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

Those things which were gained to me, these I counted loss for the sake of Christ.

8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ,

9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.

and may be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ, the righteousness of God through faith:

10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

if perchance I may attain unto the resurrection which is out from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

Not that I already received it, or have already been made perfect: but I persevere, if I may receive that for which I have indeed been received by Christ Jesus.

13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,

Brethren, I do not consider that I have yet received it;

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

but there is one thing, indeed forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal unto the mark of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.

Therefore let us, so many as are perfect, think the same thing: and if you think otherwise in any respect, God will also reveal this to you:

16 Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

only, whereunto we have already attained, to walk by the same rule.

17 Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

Be ye my imitators, brethren, and mark those thus walking about as you have us an example.

18 For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

For many walk about, of whom I frequently spoke to you, and now I speak even weeping, the enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

who will transform the body of our humility, similitudinous to the body of his own glory, according to the energy by which he is able indeed to subdue all things to himself.