The Priceless Value of Knowing Christ
3Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters
, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.G30632Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.G991G2965G991G2556G2040G991G2699
3For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort,G1063G2249G2070G4061G3588G3000G2316G4151G2532G2744G1722G5547G2424G2532G3982G3756G3982G1722G4561
are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort,G10634though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!G2539G1473G2192G2532G2192G4006G1722G4561G1536G243G1380G3982G1722G4561G1473G3123
5I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.G4061G3637G1537G1085G2474G5443G958G1445G1537G1445G2596G3551G5330
6I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.G2596G2205G1377G1577G2596G1343G3588G1722G3551G1096G273
7I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.G235G3748G2258G2771G3427G5023G2233G2209G1223G5547
8Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain ChristG235G3304G2532G2233G3956G2209G1511G1223G5242G1108G5547G2424G3450G2962G1223G3739G2210G3956G2532G2233G1511G4657G2443G2770G5547
9and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.G2532G2147G1722G846G3361G2192G1699G1343G3588G1537G3551G235G3588G1223G4102G5547G1343G3588G1537G2316G1909G4102
. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.G253210I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,G1097G846G2532G1411G846G386G2532G2842G846G3804G4833G846G2288
11so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!G1513G2658G1519G1815G3498 G3754G2235G2983G2228G2235G5048G1161G1377G1499G2638G1909G3739G2532G2638G5259G5547G2424
Pressing toward the Goal
12I don't mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.G375613No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,G80G1473G3049G3756G1683G2638G1161G1520G1950G3303G3694G1161G1901G1715
, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,G8014I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.G1377G2596G4649G1909G1017G507G2821G2316G1722G5547G2424
15Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.G5426G3767G3745G5046G5426G5124G5426G2532G1536G5426G2088G5426G2316G601G2532G5124G5213
16But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.G4133G1519G3739G5348G4748G846G2583G5426G846 
17Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.G80G1096G4831G3450G2532G4648G4043G3779G2531G2192G2248G5179
18For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.G1063G4183G4043G3739G3004G5213G4178G1161G3568G3004G2532G2799G2190G4716G5547
19They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.G3739G5056G684G3739G2316G2836G2532G1391G1722G846G152G3588G5426G1919 
New Testament
20But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.G1063G2257G4175G5225G1722G3772G1537G3739G2532G553G4990G2962G2424G5547
21He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.G3739G3345G2257G5014G4983G1519G846G1096G4832G846G1391G4983G2596G1753G846G1410G2532G5293G3956G1438
4Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.G5620G3450G80G27G2532G1973G3450G5479G2532G4735G3779G4739G1722G2962G27 G2136G2532G3870G4941G5426G846G5426G1722G2962 3And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.G2532G2065G4571G2532G1103G4805G4815G846G3748G4866G3427G1722G2098G3326G2815G2532G2532G3062G3450G4904G3739G3686G1722G976G2222 4Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice!G5463G1722G2962G3842G3825G2046G5463 5Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.G1097G5216G1933G1097G3956G444G2962G1451 6Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.G3309G3367G235G1722G3956G4335G2532G1162G3326G2169G1107G5216G155G1107G4314G2316 7Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.G2532G1515G2316G3588G5242G3956G3563G5432G5216G2588G2532G5216G3540G1722G5547G2424 8And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.G3063G80G3745G2076G227G3745G4586G3745G1342G3745G53G3745G4375G3745G2163G1536G703G2532G1536G1868G3049G5023 9Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.G5023G3739G3129G2532G3129G2532G3880G2532G191G2532G1492G1722G1698G4238G2532G2316G1515G2071G3326G5216 G5463G1722G2962G3171G3754G2235G4218G5426G330G5228G1700G330G1909G3739G5426G2532G5426G1161G170 11Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.G3756G3004G3754G2596G5304G1063G1473G3129G1722G3739G1510G1511G842 12I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little.G1161G1492G5013G2532G1492G4052G1722G3956G2532G1722G3956G3453G2532G5526G2532G3983G2532G4052G2532G5302 13For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.G2480G3956G1722G5547G3588G1743G3165 14Even so, you have done well to share with me in my present difficulty.G4133G2573G4160G4790G3450G2347 15As you know, you Philippians were the only ones who gave me financial help when I first brought you the Good News and then traveled on from Macedonia. No other church did this.G1161G5210G5374G1492G2532G3754G1722G746G2098G3753G1831G575G3109G3762G1577G2841G3427G1519G3056G1394G2532G3028G1508G5210G3441 16Even when I was in Thessalonica you sent help more than once.G3754G2532G1722G2332G3992G2532G530G2532G1364G1519G3427G5532 17I don't say this because I want a gift from you. Rather, I want you to receive a reward for your kindness.G3756G3754G1934G1390G235G1934G2590G4121G1519G5216G3056 18At the moment I have all I need—and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God.G1161G568G3956G2532G4052G4137G1209G3844G1891G3844G5216G3744G2175G2378G1184G2101G2316 19And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.G1161G3450G2316G4137G3956G5216G5532G2596G846G4149G1722G1391G1722G5547G2424 20Now all glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen.G1161G2316G2532G2257G3962G1391G1519G165G165G281 G3956G40G1722G5547G2424G80G4862G1698G782G5209 22And all the rest of God's people send you greetings, too, especially those in Caesar's household.G3956G40G782G5209G1161G3122G1537G2541G3614 23May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.G5485G2257G2962G2424G5547G3326G5216G3956G281
12[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!H5329H8067H4210H1732H3467H3068H2623H1584H539H6461H1121H120 2Neighbors lie to each other, speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.H1696H7723H376H7453H2513H8193H3820H3820H1696 3May the LORD cut off their flattering lips and silence their boastful tongues.H3068H3772H2513H8193H3956H1696H1419 4They say, "We will lie to our hearts' content. Our lips are our own—who can stop us?"H559H3956H1396H8193H113 5The LORD replies, "I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor. Now I will rise up to rescue them, as they have longed for me to do."H7701H6041H603H34H6965H559H3068H7896H3468H6315 6The LORD's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over.H565H3068H2889H565H3701H6884H5948H776H2212H7659 7Therefore, LORD, we know you will protect the oppressed, preserving them forever from this lying generation,H8104H3068H5341H2098H1755H5769 8even though the wicked strut about, and evil is praised throughout the land.H7563H1980H5439H2149H1121H120H7311
4Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters
, stay true to the Lord. I love you and long to see you, dear friends, for you are my joy and the crown I receive for my work.G5620Words of Encouragement
2Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement.G3870, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.G2532Paul’s Thanks for Their Gifts
10How I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but you didn't have the chance to help me.G1161, who gives me strength.G2480Paul’s Final Greetings
21Give my greetings to each of God's holy people—all who belong to Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you their greetings.G78212[For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument
.] Help, O LORD, for the godly are fast disappearing! The faithful have vanished from the earth!H5329New Living Translation (NLT). Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. More details.
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