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.
Τὸ λοιπόν, ἀδελφοί μου, χαίρετε ἐν ˚Κυρίῳ. Τὰ αὐτὰ γράφειν ὑμῖν, ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐκ ὀκνηρόν, ὑμῖν δὲ ἀσφαλές.
2 Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!
Βλέπετε τοὺς κύνας, βλέπετε τοὺς κακοὺς ἐργάτας, βλέπετε τὴν κατατομήν.
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—
Ἡμεῖς γάρ ἐσμεν ἡ περιτομή, οἱ ˚Πνεύματι ˚Θεοῦ λατρεύοντες καὶ καυχώμενοι ἐν ˚Χριστῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐν σαρκὶ πεποιθότες,
4 though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
καίπερ ἐγὼ ἔχων πεποίθησιν καὶ ἐν σαρκί. Εἴ τις δοκεῖ ἄλλος πεποιθέναι ἐν σαρκί, ἐγὼ μᾶλλον:
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;
περιτομῇ ὀκταήμερος ἐκ γένους Ἰσραήλ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, Ἑβραῖος ἐξ Ἑβραίων, κατὰ νόμον Φαρισαῖος,
6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
κατὰ ζῆλος διώκων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, κατὰ δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐν νόμῳ γενόμενος ἄμεμπτος.
7 But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Ἀλλὰ ἅτινα ἦν μοι κέρδη, ταῦτα ἥγημαι διὰ τὸν ˚Χριστὸν ζημίαν.
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
Ἀλλὰ μενοῦνγε καὶ ἡγοῦμαι πάντα ζημίαν εἶναι, διὰ τὸ ὑπερέχον τῆς γνώσεως ˚Χριστοῦ ˚Ἰησοῦ τοῦ ˚Κυρίου μου, διʼ ὃν τὰ πάντα ἐζημιώθην καὶ ἡγοῦμαι σκύβαλα, ἵνα ˚Χριστὸν κερδήσω
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.
καὶ εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ ἔχων ἐμὴν δικαιοσύνην τὴν ἐκ νόμου, ἀλλὰ τὴν διὰ πίστεως ˚Χριστοῦ, τὴν ἐκ ˚Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει,
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,
τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτὸν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ κοινωνίαν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, συμμορφιζόμενος τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ,
11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
εἴ πως καταντήσω εἰς τὴν ἐξανάστασιν τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶν.
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.
Οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον, ἢ ἤδη τετελείωμαι, διώκω δὲ, εἰ καὶ καταλάβω, ἐφʼ ᾧ καὶ κατελήμφθην ὑπὸ ˚Χριστοῦ ˚Ἰησοῦ.
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,
Ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὐ λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι, ἓν δέ: τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ἐπιλανθανόμενος, τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἐν ˚Χριστῷ ˚Ἰησοῦ.
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.
Ὅσοι οὖν τέλειοι, τοῦτο φρονῶμεν· καὶ εἴ τι ἑτέρως φρονεῖτε, καὶ τοῦτο ὁ ˚Θεὸς ὑμῖν ἀποκαλύψει.
16 Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.
Πλὴν εἰς ὃ ἐφθάσαμεν, τῷ αὐτῷ στοιχεῖν.
17 Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
Συμμιμηταί μου γίνεσθε, ἀδελφοί, καὶ σκοπεῖτε τοὺς οὕτω περιπατοῦντας, καθὼς ἔχετε τύπον ἡμᾶς.
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.
Πολλοὶ γὰρ περιπατοῦσιν, οὓς πολλάκις ἔλεγον ὑμῖν, νῦν δὲ καὶ κλαίων, λέγω, τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῦ ˚Χριστοῦ,
19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
ὧν τὸ τέλος ἀπώλεια, ὧν ὁ ˚Θεὸς ἡ κοιλία, καὶ ἡ δόξα ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν, οἱ τὰ ἐπίγεια φρονοῦντες.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Ἡμῶν γὰρ τὸ πολίτευμα ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὑπάρχει, ἐξ οὗ καὶ Σωτῆρα ἀπεκδεχόμεθα, ˚Κύριον ˚Ἰησοῦν ˚Χριστόν,
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.
ὃς μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν, σύμμορφον τῷ σώματι τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ, κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι αὐτὸν, καὶ ὑποτάξαι αὑτῷ τὰ πάντα.
