³³ But seek first his kingdom^(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.^(B)

² Watch out for those dogs,^(A) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. ³ For it is we who are the circumcision,^(B) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,^(C) and who put no confidence in the flesh— ⁴ though I myself have reasons for such confidence.^(D)

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: ⁵ circumcised^(E) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,^(F) of the tribe of Benjamin,^(G) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;^{(H) 6} as for zeal,^(I) persecuting the church;^(J) as for righteousness based on the law,^(K) faultless.

⁷ But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss^(L) for the sake of Christ. ⁸ What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing^(M) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ^{(N) 9} and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,^(O) but that which is through faith in^[a] Christ—the righteousness^(P) that comes from God on the basis of faith.^{(Q) 10} I want to know^(R) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,^(S) becoming like him in his death,^{(T) 11} and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection^(U) from the dead.

On Not Loving the World

¹⁵ Do not love the world or anything in the world.^(A) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father^[a] is not in them.^{(B) 16} For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,^(C) the lust of the eyes,^(D) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷ The world and its desires pass away,^(E) but whoever does the will of God^(F) lives forever.

²³ And this is his command: to believe^(A) in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ,^(B) and to love one another as he commanded us.^{(C) 24} The one who keeps God’s commands^(D) lives in him,^(E) and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.^(F)

⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(A) into the world that we might live through him.^{(B) 10} This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us^(C) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.^(D)