Philippians 3 (NET)

Philippians 3:1¹Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:2²Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:3³For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentialsCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:4⁴—though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:5⁵I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:6⁶In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:7⁷But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:8⁸More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things —indeed, I regard them as dung! —that I may gain Christ,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:9⁹and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness —a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:10¹⁰My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:11¹¹and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:12¹²Not that I have already attained this—that is, I have not already been perfected—but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:13¹³Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:14¹⁴with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:15¹⁵Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:16¹⁶Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:17¹⁷Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:18¹⁸For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:19¹⁹Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:20²⁰But our citizenship is in heaven—and we also eagerly await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Philippians 3:21²¹who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s