Philippians 3

The Goal of Life

3Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things [ again] is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.G3063G3450G80G5463G1722G2962G1125G846G5213G1698G3303G3756G3636G1161G5213G8042Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision;G991G2965G991G2556G2040G991G26993for we are the [true] circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,G1063G2249G2070G4061G3588G3000G2316G4151G2532G2744G1722G5547G2424G2532G3982G3756G3982G1722G45614although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:G2539G1473G2192G2532G2192G4006G1722G4561G1536G243G1380G3982G1722G4561G1473G31235circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;G4061G3637G1537G1085G2474G5443G958G1445G1537G1445G2596G3551G53306as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless.G2596G2205G1377G1577G2596G1343G3588G1722G3551G1096G2737But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.G235G3748G2258G2771G3427G5023G2233G2209G1223G55478More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish in order that I may gain Christ,G235G3304G2532G2233G3956G2209G1511G1223G5242G1108G5547G2424G3450G2962G1223G3739G2210G3956G2532G2233G1511G4657G2443G2770G55479and 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,G2532G2147G1722G846G3361G2192G1699G1343G3588G1537G3551G235G3588G1223G4102G5547G1343G3588G1537G2316G1909G410210that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;G1097G846G2532G1411G846G386G2532G2842G846G3804G4833G846G228811in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.G1513G2658G1519G1815G349812Not that I have already obtained [it], or have already become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.G3756G3754G2235G2983G2228G2235G5048G1161G1377G1499G2638G1909G3739G2532G2638G5259G5547G242413Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of [it] yet; but one thing [I do]: forgetting what [lies] behind and reaching forward to what [lies] ahead,G80G1473G3049G3756G1683G2638G1161G1520G1950G3303G3694G1161G1901G171514I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.G1377G2596G4649G1909G1017G507G2821G2316G1722G5547G242415Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;G5426G3767G3745G5046G5426G5124G5426G2532G1536G5426G2088G5426G2316G601G2532G5124G521316however, let us keep living by that same [standard] to which we have attained.G4133G1519G3739G5348G4748G846G2583G5426G84617Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.G80G1096G4831G3450G2532G4648G4043G3779G2531G2192G2248G517918For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] enemies of the cross of Christ,G1063G4183G4043G3739G3004G5213G4178G1161G3568G3004G2532G2799G2190G4716G554719whose end is destruction, whose god is [their] appetite, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.G3739G5056G684G3739G2316G2836G2532G1391G1722G846G152G3588G5426G191920For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;G1063G2257G4175G5225G1722G3772G1537G3739G2532G553G4990G2962G2424G554721who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.G3739G3345G2257G5014G4983G1519G846G1096G4832G846G1391G4983G2596G1753G846G1410G2532G5293G3956G1438