< Philippians 3 >
1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write these same things again to you is no trouble for me, and it keeps you safe.
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, those evil workers, those who mutilate the flesh.
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For it is we who are the circumcision. It is we who worship by the Spirit of God. It is we who take pride in Christ Jesus, and who have 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 so, I myself could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone thinks he has confidence in the flesh, I could have even 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 I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; with regard 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 for zeal, I persecuted the church; as for righteousness under the law, I was blameless.
as it respects zeal, persecuting the church; as it respects righteousness which is by law, blameless.
7 But whatever things were a profit for me, I have considered them as loss because of Christ.
But the things which were gain to me, these I counted loss for Christ.
8 In fact, now I count all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For him I have given up all things—and I consider them 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. I do not have a righteousness of my own from the law. Instead, I have the righteousness that is through faith in Christ, the righteousness that is from God based on 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 So now I want to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings. I want to be transformed into the likeness of 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 so somehow I may experience the resurrection from the dead.
if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 It is not true that I have already received these things, or that I have become complete. But I press on in order that I may grasp that for which I was grasped by Christ Jesus.
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 think that I myself have yet grasped it. But there is one thing: I forget what is behind and strain for 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 calling 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 All of us who are mature, let us think this way; and if you think differently about anything, God will also reveal that to you.
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 However, whatever we have reached, let us hold on to it.
But as far as we have attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us have the same mind.
17 Be imitators of me, brothers. Closely watch those who are walking by the example that you have in us.
Be imitators of me, brethren, and observe those who thus walk as you have us for an example.
18 Many are walking—those about whom I have often told you, and now I am telling you with tears—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. For their god is their stomach, and their pride is in their shame. They think about 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, from where we also wait for a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
But our citizenship is in heaven, whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 He will transform our lowly bodies into bodies formed like his glorious body, formed by the might of his power 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.