Philippians 3:1–16

All for Christ

3Finally, my brethren, ^arejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.

^2bBeware of dogs, beware of ^cevil workers, ^dbeware of the mutilation! ³For we are ^ethe circumcision, ^fwho worship ¹God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, ⁴though ^gI also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I ^hmore so: ⁵circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, ⁱof the tribe of Benjamin, ^ja Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, ^ka Pharisee; ⁶concerning zeal, ^lpersecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

⁷But ^mwhat things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. ⁸Yet indeed I also count all things loss ⁿfor the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹and be found in Him, not having ^omy own righteousness, which is from the law, but ^pthat which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; ¹⁰that I may know Him and the ^qpower of His resurrection, and ^rthe fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, ¹¹if, by any means, I may ^sattain ²to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

¹²Not that I have already ^tattained, ³ or am already ^uperfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. ¹³Brethren, I do not count myself to have ⁴apprehended; but one thing I do, ^vforgetting those things which are behind and ^wreaching forward to those things which are ahead, ^14xI press toward the goal for the prize of ^ythe upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵Therefore let us, as many as are ^zmature, ^ahave this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, ^bGod will reveal even this to you. ¹⁶Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already ⁵attained, ^clet us walk ^dby the same ⁶rule, let us be of the same mind.