Philippians 3
1 As to the rest, my brothers, rejoice in the LORD; indeed, [it] is not tiresome to me to write to you the same things, and for you [is] sure.
In conclusion, my Brothers, all joy be yours in your union with the Lord. To repeat what I have already written does not weary me, and is the safe course for you.
2 Look out for the dogs! Look out for the evil-workers! Look out for the mutilation!
Beware of those ‘dogs’! Beware of those mischievous workers! Beware of the men who mutilate themselves!
3 For we are the circumcision, who are serving God by the Spirit, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and having no trust in flesh,
For it is we who are the circumcised — we whose worship is prompted by the Spirit of God, who exult in Christ Jesus, and who do not rely upon external privileges;
4 though I also have [cause of] trust in flesh. If any other one thinks to have trust in flesh, I more:
though I, if any man, have cause to rely even upon them. If any one thinks he can rely upon external privileges, far more can I!
5 circumcision on the eighth day! Of the race of Israel! Of the tribe of Benjamin! A Hebrew of Hebrews! According to law—a Pharisee!
I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee;
6 According to zeal—persecuting the Assembly! According to righteousness that is in law—becoming blameless!
as to zeal, I was a persecutor of the Church; as to such righteousness as is due to Law, I proved myself blameless.
7 But what things were gains to me, these I have counted loss, because of the Christ;
But all the things which I once held to be gains I have now, for the Christ’s sake, come to count as loss.
8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered loss of all things, and count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him,
More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;
9 not having my righteousness, which [is] of law, but that which [is] through faith from Christ—the righteousness that is of God by faith,
any righteousness that I have being, not the righteousness that results from Law, but the righteousness which comes through faith in Christ — the righteousness which is derived from God and is founded on faith.
10 to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
11 if anyhow I may attain to the resurrection of the dead.
in the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I already obtained, or have already been perfected, but I pursue, if I also may lay hold of that for which I was also laid hold of by Christ Jesus;
Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
13 brothers, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold [of it], but one thing [I do]—indeed forgetting the things behind, and stretching forth to the things before—
For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do — forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,
14 I pursue to the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus.
15 As many, therefore, as [are] perfect—let us think this, and if [in] anything you think otherwise, this also will God reveal to you,
Let all of us, then, whose faith is mature, think thus. Then, if on any matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain to you.
16 but to what we have attained—walk by the same rule, think the same thing;
Only we are bound to order our lives by what we have already attained.
17 together become my followers, brothers, and observe those thus walking, according as you have us—a pattern;
Brothers, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you.
18 for many walk of whom I told you [about] many times—and now also weeping tell—[they are] the enemies of the Cross of the Christ,
For there are many — of whom I have often told you, and now tell you even with tears — who are living in enmity to the cross of the Christ.
19 whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and whose glory [is] in their shame, who are minding the things on earth.
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
20 For our citizenship is in the heavens, from where we also await a Savior—the Lord Jesus Christ—
But the State of which we are citizens is in Heaven; and it is from Heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of His glory, according to the working of His power, even to subject all things to Himself.
who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.
