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Philippians 3

All for Christ

Finally, my brethren, ^arejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.
2 ^aBeware of dogs, beware of ^bevil workers, ^cbeware of the mutilation! 3 For we are ^athe circumcision, ^bwho worship ¹God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, 4 though ^aI also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I ^bmore so: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, ^aof the tribe of Benjamin, ^ba Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, ^ca Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, ^apersecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But ^awhat things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss ^afor the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having ^amy own righteousness, which is from the law, but ^bthat which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the ^apower of His resurrection, and ^bthe fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may ^aattain¹ to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already ^aattained,¹ or am already ^bperfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have ¹apprehended; but one thing I do, ^aforgetting those things which are behind and ^breaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 ^aI press toward the goal for the prize of ^bthe upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are ^amature, ^bhave this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, ^cGod will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already ¹attained, ^alet us walk ^bby the same ²rule, let us be of the same mind.

Our Citizenship in Heaven

17 Brethren, ^ajoin in following my example, and note those who so walk, as ^byou have us for a pattern. 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are ^athe enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 ^awhose end is destruction, ^bwhose god is their belly, and ^cwhose glory is in their shame—^dwho set their mind on earthly things. 20 For ^aour citizenship is in heaven, ^bfrom which we also ^ceagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 ^awho will transform our lowly body that it may be ^bconformed to His glorious body, ^caccording to the working by which He is able even to ^dsubdue all things to Himself.

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