New Testament · Letters
Philippians chapter 3
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Finally, my , find your in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble for me, and it keeps you safe.Watch out for those . Watch out for those who do evil. Watch out for those who .Because we are the real — we who worship by , who boast in Jesus, and who put zero confidence in .Even though I have every reason to put confidence in too. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in external credentials — I have more.Circumcised on the , an Israelite by birth, from the , a Hebrew born to Hebrew parents, a when it comes to the law,so passionate I persecuted , and measured against the standard of — flawless.But whatever was on my list of — I’ve written it all off as a because of The One.More than that, I consider everything a loss compared to the of The One Jesus my Lord. For his sake I’ve lost everything, and I consider it all — so that I can gain The Oneand be found in him — not having a of my own that comes from rule-keeping, but the right standing that comes through in The One, the right standing from God based on trust.I want to him — to experience the power of his resurrection and the of his sufferings, being of his death,so that somehow I might the .Not that I’ve already gotten there or already reached the finish line. But I keep it because The One Jesus has already me.Brothers and sisters, I don’t consider myself to have grabbed hold of it yet. But here’s my one strategy: forgetting what’s behind me and what’s ahead,I toward the goal for the prize of God’s in The One Jesus.So all of us who are should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will make that clear to you too.Only let’s the standard we’ve already reached., brothers and sisters, and pay attention to those who live by the we’ve given you.Because many people live as enemies of the of The One — I’ve told you about them often, and now I’m telling you again with .Their end is . Their god is their . Their pride is in what should shame them. Their minds are set on earthly things.But our is in heaven, and we for a from there — the Lord Jesus, The One,who will our to be like his , by the that enables him to .