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 Phl 3:1 |
Finally, my brothers, [fn] rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. |
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Phl 3:2 |
Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. |
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Phl 3:3 |
For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God [fn] and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh-- |
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Phl 3:4 |
though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: |
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Phl 3:5 |
circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; |
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Phl 3:6 |
as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, [fn] blameless. |
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Phl 3:7 |
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. |
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Phl 3:8 |
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ |
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Phl 3:9 |
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith-- |
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Phl 3:10 |
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, |
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Phl 3:11 |
that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead. |
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Phl 3:12 |
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. |
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Phl 3:13 |
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, |
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Phl 3:14 |
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. |
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Phl 3:15 |
Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. |
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Phl 3:16 |
Only let us hold true to what we have attained. |
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Phl 3:17 |
Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. |
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Phl 3:18 |
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. |
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Phl 3:19 |
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. |
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Phl 3:20 |
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, |
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Phl 3:21 |
who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. |
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Philippians - Chapter 3
   
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