Philippians 3

1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write this to you again is no trouble for me, and it is safe for you.

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

2 Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision.

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

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;

4 even though I myself might put confidence in the flesh. If anyone else presumes to have confidence in the flesh, I have more:

though, indeed, I have a ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other thinks he has a ground of confidence in the flesh, I 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;

circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as it respects law, a Pharisee;

6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.

as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless.

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

But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.

8 More than that, I count all things as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish so that I may gain Christ

Yes, verily, I also count all things to be loss, for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them to be refuse, that I may gain Christ,

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

and be found in him, not having my own righteousness which was by law, but the righteousness which is by faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith,

10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death,

11 in the hope of attaining the resurrection from the dead.

if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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

Not that I have already attained, or have already reached the goal; but I am pressing forward, that I may lay hold on that for which I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

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

Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

but one thing I do; forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Therefore all of us who are mature should adopt this mindset, and if you adopt a different mindset about anything, God will reveal that to you as well.

Let us, therefore, as many as are fully enlightened, be of this mind: and if you are of another mind with respect to any thing, God will reveal even this to you.

16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the same standard that we have already attained; let us adopt the same mindset.

But as far as we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us have the same mind.

17 Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who walk according to the example you have in us.

Be imitators of me, brethren, and observe those who thus walk as you have us for an example.

18 For I have often told you, and tell you now with tears, that many walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.

For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the 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 appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

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

But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

21 who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject all things to himself.

who will transform our humbled body, and make it like his glorious body, according to that power by which he is able to subdue all things to himself.