Philippians 3

Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

Finally, my brothers, ^arejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.
2 Beware of the ^adogs! Beware of the ^bevil workers! Beware of the ¹mutilation! 3 For ^awe are the ¹circumcision, who ^bworship ²in the Spirit of God and ^cboast in ^dChrist Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, 4 although ^aI myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: 5 ^acircumcised the eighth day, of the ^bnation of Israel, of the ^ctribe of Benjamin, a ^bHebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, ^da Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, ^aa persecutor of the church; as to the ^brighteousness which is in the Law, found ^cblameless.
7 But ^awhatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 More than that, I count all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of ¹^aknowing ^bChrist Jesus my Lord, ²for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having ^aa righteousness of my own which is from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, ^bthe righteousness which is from God upon faith, 10 that I may ^aknow Him and ^bthe power of His resurrection and ¹^cthe fellowship of His sufferings, being ^dconformed to His death, 11 ¹in order that I may ^aattain to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing On Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already ^aobtained it or have already ^bbecome perfect, but I press on ¹so that I may ^clay hold of that ²for which also I ^dwas laid hold of by ^eChrist Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: ^aforgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I ^apress on toward the goal for the prize of the ^bupward call of God in ^cChrist Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are ¹^aperfect, think this way; and if in anything you ^bthink differently, ^cGod will reveal that also to you. 16 However, let us keep ¹^awalking in step with the same standard to which we have attained.
17 Brothers, ^ajoin in following my example, and ^blook for those who walk according to the ^cpattern you have in us. 18 For ^amany walk—of whom I often told you, and now tell you even ^bcrying—as enemies of ^cthe cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is their ^astomach and ^bglory is in their shame, who ^cset their thoughts on earthly things. 20 For ^aour ¹citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly ^bwait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will ^atransform ¹the body of our humble state into ^bconformity with ²the ^cbody of His glory, ^dby His working through which He is able to even ^esubject all things to Himself.

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