Philippians 3

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1. 1Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is not troublesome for me, but it is safe for you.
2. 2Watch out for dogs, watch out for evil workers, watch out for those who mutilate the flesh.
3. 3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4. 4Though I could have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have reason to trust in the flesh, I have more:
5. 5I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin—a Hebrew of Hebrews. Regarding the law, I was a Pharisee.
6. 6When it comes to zeal, I persecuted the church. When it comes to the righteousness that the law demands, I was without fault.
7. 7But the things that were once a gain to me, I have counted as a loss for Christ.
8. 8In fact, I consider everything to be a loss compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I've lost everything, and I count it all as dung so that I may gain Christ.
9. 9and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which comes from the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness that comes from God by faith.
10. 10That I may know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made like him in his death;
11. 11so that somehow I may reach the resurrection from the dead.
12. 12I'm not saying I've already reached this goal or that I'm already perfect. But I keep pressing forward to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13. 13Brothers and sisters, I don't consider myself to have taken hold of it yet. But here's the one thing I do: I forget what's behind me and strain toward what's ahead.
14. 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15. 15All of us who are mature should think this way. If you see things differently on some point, God will make that clear to you too.
16. 16However, whatever progress we have already made, let us keep living by the same rule and thinking the same way.
17. 17Brothers and sisters, join together in following my example, and pay attention to those who live as we have shown you.
18. 18I've told you many times before, and now I say it again with tears: many people live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19. 19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame, and they focus on earthly things.
20. 20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly wait for a Savior from there — the Lord Jesus Christ.
21. 21He will transform our vile body to be like his glorious body, through the same power that enables him to bring everything under his control.