Php Philippians, chapter Epistle to the Philippians, chapter 3
The Goal of Life
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you.2Co 13:11
Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the 3:2 Lit mutilation; Gr katatomefalse circumcision; Isa 56:10; 2Co 11:13for we are the true 3:3 Gr peritomecircumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and take pride in Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh, Jer 4:4; Rom 2:29although I myself could boast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he is confident in the flesh, I have more reason: circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; Act 23:6; Act 26:5as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.Act 8:3
But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss 3:8 Lit because ofin view of the surpassing value of 3:8 Lit the knowledge ofknowing Christ Jesus my Lord, 3:8 Lit because offor whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, Isa 53:11; Jer 9:24; Jhn 17:3; Col 2:2and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, Rom 3:22; Heb 4:3that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and 3:10 Or participation inthe fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; Rom 6:5; Rom 8:17if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already 3:12 Or obtainedgrasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that 3:12 Or because alsofor which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 1Co 13:12; 1Ti 6:12Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, Luk 9:62I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 1Co 9:24Therefore, all who are 3:15 Or perfectmature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that to you as well; Heb 5:14however, let’s keep 3:16 Lit following in lineliving by that same standard to which we have attained.Rom 12:16; Rom 15:5; 1Co 1:10
Brothers and sisters, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. Php 4:9; 2Th 3:9For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I weep, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their 3:19 Lit bellyappetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things. 2Pe 2:1; Rom 16:18For our 3:20 Lit commonwealthcitizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; Tit 2:13; Heb 13:14who will transform the body of our lowly condition into conformity with 3:21 Lit the body of His gloryHis glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.1Jn 3:2; 1Co 15:42