Philippians 3
1 [Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].
No restante, meus irmãos, alegrai-vos no Senhor. Não me é incômodo escrever as mesmas coisas, e [isso é] para a vossa segurança.
2 Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].
Cuidado com os cães! Cuidado com os que operam o mal! Cuidado com a mutilação!
3 [Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].
Pois a circuncisão somos nós, que servimos a Deus [pelo] Espírito, orgulhamo-nos em Cristo Jesus, e não confiamos na carne.
4 [We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.
Embora eu também tenho como confiar na carne. Se outro alguém pensa que pode confiar na carne, ainda mais eu:
5 I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].
circuncidado ao oitavo dia, da descendência de Israel, da tribo de Benjamim, hebreu de hebreus; segundo a lei, fariseu;
6 I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.
segundo o zelo, perseguidor da Igreja; segundo a justiça que há na lei, irrepreensível.
7 Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).
Mas o que para mim era ganho considerei como perda, por causa de Cristo.
8 More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],
E, na verdade, considero também todas as coisas como perda, por causa da superioridade de conhecer a Cristo Jesus, meu Senhor. Por ele aceitei perder todas [essas] coisas, e as considero como dejetos, a fim de que eu possa ganhar a Cristo;
9 and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].
e que eu seja achado nele, não tendo a minha justiça proveniente da Lei, mas sim a que é pela fé em Cristo, a justiça da parte de Deus pela fé;
10 I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,
para eu conhecer a ele, assim como o poder de sua ressurreição e a comunhão em seus sofrimentos, tornando-me conforme a ele em sua morte;
11 [because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.
para que, de alguma maneira, eu alcance a ressurreição dos mortos.
12 I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].
Não que eu já [a] tenha obtido, ou que já seja perfeito; mas sigo a fim de alcançar aquilo para o qual eu também fui alcançado por Cristo Jesus.
13 My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.
Irmãos, não considero como se já a tivesse obtido; mas uma coisa [faço]: esqueço as coisas que ficam para trás, e avanço para as que estão adiante,
14 Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].
e prossigo para o alvo, ao prêmio do chamado de cima, de Deus em Cristo Jesus.
15 So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.
Por isso, todos nós que somos maduros, tenhamos essa [mesma] mentalidade; e se em algo pensais de maneira diferente, Deus também vos revelará isso.
16 What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.
Porém andemos conforme aquilo a que já chegamos.
17 My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].
Sede meus imitadores, irmãos, e observai atentamente os que assim andam, como o exemplo que tendes em nós;
18 [Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].
pois, como muitas vezes eu vos disse, e agora também digo chorando, muitos andam como inimigos da cruz de Cristo.
19 [God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.
O fim deles é a perdição. O Deus deles é o ventre, e têm orgulho do que deviam se envergonhar. Eles se importam mais com as coisas terrenas.
20 [But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.
Mas nós somos cidadãos dos céus, de onde também esperamos um Salvador, o Senhor Jesus Cristo.
21 By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.
Ele transformará o nosso degradante corpo, para que seja conforme o seu corpo glorioso, segundo a operação do seu poder de sujeitar para si todas as coisas.
