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Philippians 3:1–8

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aFinally, my brethren, brejoice in the Lord. bbTo write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2Beware of cdogs, beware of devil workers, beware of ethe concision. 3For fwe are the circumcision, gwhich worship God hin the spirit, and irejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 4Though kI might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5lCircumcised the eighth day, mof the stock of Israel, nof the tribe of Benjamin, mnan Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, oa Pharisee; 6pConcerning zeal, qpersecuting the church; touching rthe righteousness which is in the law, sblameless. 7But twhat things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8Yea udoubtless, and I count all things but loss for wthe excellency of xthe knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have ysuffered the loss of all things, and do count them but zdung, that I may win Christ,

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Footnotes

  1. a2 Cor. 13:11. Eph. 6:10. ch. 4:8. 1 Thess. 4:1 (Gk.). 2 Thess. 3:1.
  2. bch. 4:4. So 1 Thess. 5:16. Comp. Rom. 12:12. 2 Cor. 6:10. James 1:2. 1 Pet. 4:13.
  3. bbComp. 2 Pet. 1:12.
  4. cPs. 22:16, 20. Isai. 56:10. See Matt. 15:26. So Gal. 5:15.
  5. dSo 2 Cor. 11:13.
  6. eComp. Gal. 5:2.
  7. fSee Rom. 2:29. So Col. 2:11.
  8. gSee Acts 27:23.
  9. hJohn 4:23, 24. Rom. 1:9. So Rom. 7:6.
  10. iGal. 6:14 (Gk.).
  11. kSo 2 Cor. 11:18, 21.
  12. lSee Gen. 17:12.
  13. qSee Acts 8:3.
  14. sSee ch. 2:15.
  15. tComp. Matt. 13:44.
  16. uSee Rom. 9:20.
  17. wComp. Wisd. 7:9.
  18. xIsai. 53:11. Jer. 9:23, 24. John 17:3. 1 Cor. 2:2. Col. 2:3. 2 Pet. 1:3. See 2 Cor. 5:16.
  19. ySee Luke 9:25.
  20. zEcclus. 27:4. So Ecclus. 26:28 in the Gk.

Cross references

  1. m2 Cor. 11:22.
  2. nRom. 11:1.
  3. m2 Cor. 11:22.
  4. nRom. 11:1.
  5. oActs 23:6. & 26:5.
  6. pActs 22:3. Gal. 1:13, 14.
  7. rRom. 10:5.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 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: 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; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 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

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In addition, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write to you again about this is no trouble for me and is a safeguard for you.

Watch out for the dogs, watch out for the evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—although I have reasons for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised the eighth day; of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; regarding the law, a Pharisee; regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.

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

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

Whatever 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.

Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved. For 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, though 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!

I 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. I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.

I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, 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 Christ

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, but is a safeguard for you. Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the mutilation. For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in Christ Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh, although I could have confidence even in the flesh.

If anyone else thinks to put confidence in the flesh, I can do so more: circumcised on the eighth day, from the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born from Hebrews, according to the law a Pharisee, according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless. But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have considered loss because of Christ. More than that, I even consider all things to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and consider them dung, in order that I may gain Christ

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press