{"book":"Philippians","slug":"philippians","ch":3,"genre":"letter","sub":"Philippians","prev":"philippians/2","next":"philippians/4","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Finally, my brothers, 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.","f":[],"h":"Righteousness through Faith in Christ","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh!","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"For [it is] we [who] are the circumcision, we who worship by [the] Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and [who] put no confidence in [the] flesh —","f":[]},{"v":4,"t":"though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in [the] flesh, I [have] more:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"though I myself could have such confidence."},{"style":"reg","t":"If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in [the] flesh, I [have] more:"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"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;","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in [the] law, faultless.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider [them] rubbish, that I may gain Christ","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from [the] law, but that which [is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.","f":["Or through the faithfulness of Christ"]},{"v":10,"t":"[I want] to know [Christ] and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to [Him] in His death,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from [the] dead.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"Not that I have already obtained [all this], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.","f":[],"h":"Pressing on toward the Goal","style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"Brothers, I {do} not consider myself yet to have taken hold [of it]. But one thing [I do]: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what [is] ahead,","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"I press on toward [the] goal to [win] the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"All of us who [are] mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"Join one another in following my [example], brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.","f":[],"h":"Citizenship in Heaven","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"For [as] I have often told you {before}, and now say [again] even with tears: Many live [as] enemies of the cross of Christ.","f":[]},{"v":19,"t":"[Their] end [is] destruction, [their] god [is] [their] belly, and [their] glory [is] in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.","f":[]},{"v":20,"t":"But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from [there], [the] Lord Jesus Christ,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.","f":[]}]}