Philippians 3
1 In conclusion, my brethren, be joyful in the Lord. For me to give you the same warnings as before is not irksome to me, while so far as you are concerned it is a safe precaution.
De cetero fratres mei gaudete in Domino. Eadem vobis scribere, mihi quidem non pigrum, vobis autem necessarium.
2 Beware of 'the dogs,' the bad workmen, the self-mutilators.
Videte canes, videte malos operarios, videte concisionem.
3 For we are the true circumcision--we who render to God a spiritual worship and make our boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in outward ceremonies:
Nos enim sumus circumcisio, qui spiritu servimus Deo, et gloriamur in Christo Iesu, et non in carne fiduciam habentes,
4 although I myself might have some excuse for confidence in outward ceremonies. If any one else claims a right to trust in them, far more may I:
quamquam et ego habeam confidentiam in carne. Si quis alius videtur confidere in carne, ego magis,
5 circumcised, as I was, on the eighth day, a member of the race of Israel and of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew sprung from Hebrews; as to the Law a Pharisee;
circumcisus octavo die, ex genere Israel, de tribu Beniamin, Hebraeus ex Hebraeis, secundum legem Pharisaeus,
6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the Church; as to the righteousness which comes through Law, blameless.
secundum aemulationem persequens Ecclesiam Dei, secundum iustitiam, quae in lege est, conversatus sine querela:
7 Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.
Sed quae mihi fuerunt lucra, haec arbitratus sum propter Christum detrimenta.
8 Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His sake I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him,
Verumtamen existimo omnia detrimentum esse propter eminentem scientiam Iesu Christi Domini mei: propter quem omnia detrimentum feci, et arbitror ut stercora, ut Christum lucrifaciam,
9 not having a righteousness of my own, derived from the Law, but that which arises from faith in Christ--the righteousness which comes from God through faith.
et inveniar in illo non habens meam iustitiam, quae ex lege est, sed illam, quae ex fide est Christi Iesu: quae ex Deo est iustitia in fide
10 I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;
ad cognoscendum illum, et virtutem resurrectionis eius, et societatem passionum illius: configuratus morti eius:
11 in the hope that I may attain to the resurrection from among the dead.
si quo modo occurram ad resurrectionem, quae est ex mortuis:
12 I do not say that I have already won the race or have already reached perfection. But I am pressing on, striving to lay hold of the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.
non quod iam acceperim, aut iam perfectus sim: sequor autem, si quomodo comprehendam in quo et comprehensus sum a Christo Iesu.
13 Brethren, I do not imagine that I have yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me,
Fratres, ego me non arbitror comprehendisse. Unum autem: quae quidem retro sunt obliviscens, ad ea vero, quae sunt priora, extendens meipsum,
14 with my eyes fixed on the goal I push on to secure the prize of God's heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
ad destinatum persequor, ad bravium supernae vocationis Dei in Christo Iesu.
15 Therefore let all of us who are mature believers cherish these thoughts; and if in any respect you think differently, that also God will make clear to you.
Quicumque ergo perfecti sumus, hoc sentiamus: et si quid aliter sapitis, et hoc vobis Deus revelabit.
16 But whatever be the point that we have already reached, let us persevere in the same course.
Verumtamen ad quod pervenimus ut idem sapiamus, et in eadem permaneamus regula.
17 Brethren, vie with one another in imitating me, and carefully observe those who follow the example which we have set you.
Imitatores mei estote fratres, et observate eos qui ita ambulant, sicut habetis formam nostram.
18 For there are many whom I have often described to you, and I now even with tears describe them, as being enemies to the Cross of Christ.
Multi enim ambulant, quos saepe dicebam vobis (nunc autem et flens dico) inimicos crucis Christi:
19 Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.
quorum finis interitus: quorum Deus venter est: et gloria in confusione ipsorum, qui terrena sapiunt.
20 We, however, are free citizens of Heaven, and we are waiting with longing expectation for the coming from Heaven of a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Nostra autem conversatio in caelis est: unde etiam Salvatorem expectamus Dominum nostrum Iesum Christum,
21 who, in the exercise of the power which He has even to subject all things to Himself, will transform this body of our humiliation until it resembles His own glorious body.
qui reformabit corpus humilitatis nostrae, configuratum corpori claritatis suae, secundum operationem virtutis suae, qua etiam possit subiicere sibi omnia.
