Philippians 3
Righteousness Through Faith in Christ
3Finally, my brothers, arejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.
2Beware of the adogs! Beware of the bevil workers! Beware of the 1mutilation! 3For awe are the 1circumcision, who bworship 2in the Spirit of God and cboast in dChrist Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, 4although aI myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: 5acircumcised the eighth day, of the bnation of Israel, of the ctribe of Benjamin, a dHebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, ea Pharisee; 6as to zeal, aa persecutor of the church; as to the brighteousness which is in the Law, found cblameless.
7But awhatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8More 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 9and 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, 10that I may aknow Him and bthe power of His resurrection and 1,cthe fellowship of His sufferings, being dconformed to His death, 111in order that I may aattain to the resurrection from the dead.
Pressing On Toward the Goal
12Not 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. 13Brothers, 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, 14I apress on toward the goal for the prize of the bupward call of God in cChrist Jesus. 15Let 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. 16However, let us keep 1,awalking in step with the same standard to which we have attained.
17Brothers, ajoin in following my example, and blook for those who walk according to the cpattern you have in us. 18For amany walk—of whom I often told you, and now tell you even bcrying—as enemies of cthe cross of Christ, 19whose end is destruction, whose god is their astomach and bglory is in their shame, who cset their thoughts on earthly things. 20For aour 1citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly bwait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who 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.