^3:17Be imitators of me,²⁷ brothers and sisters,²⁸ and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example. ^3:18For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. ^3:19Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.²⁹^3:20But our citizenship is in heaven—and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, ^3:21who will transform these humble bodies of ours³⁰ into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.

Christian Practices

^4:1So then, my brothers and sisters,¹ dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Read in Logos

Philippians 3:20: But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ …

Footnotes

27 Or “become fellow imitators with me [of Christ].”
28 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in .
29 Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”
30 Grk “transform the body of our humility.”
1 Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in .