Thematic Bible

Philippians 3:1

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a protection for you.

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Watch out for “dogs,” watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.

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For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—

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although I once also had confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

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circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee;

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regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

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But everything that was a gain to me, I have considered to be a loss because of Christ.

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More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

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and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.

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My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

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assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.

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Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

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Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

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I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

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Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this also to you.

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In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained.

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Join in imitating me, brothers, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.

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For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

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Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,

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but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself.