Righteousness Through Faith in Christ

3 Finally, my brothers, ^(A)rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

² Beware of the ^(B)dogs! Beware of the ^(C)evil workers! Beware of the ^[a]mutilation! ³ For ^(D)we are the ^[b]circumcision, who ^(E)worship ^[c]in the Spirit of God and ^(F)boast in ^(G)Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, ⁴ although ^(H)I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: ^5 (I)circumcised the eighth day, of the ^(J)nation of Israel, of the ^(K)tribe of Benjamin, a ^(L)Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, ^(M)a Pharisee; ⁶ as to zeal, ^(N)a persecutor of the church; as to the ^(O)righteousness which is in the Law, found ^(P)blameless.

⁷ But ^(Q)whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. ⁸ More than that, I count all things to be loss because of the surpassing value of ^[d](R)knowing ^(S)Christ Jesus my Lord, ^[e]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in Him, not having ^(T)a righteousness of my own which is from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, ^(U)the righteousness which is from God upon faith, ¹⁰ that I may ^(V)know Him and ^(W)the power of His resurrection and ^[f](X)the fellowship of His sufferings, being ^(Y)conformed to His death, ^11 [g]in order that I may ^(Z)attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing On Toward the Goal

¹² Not that I have already ^(AA)obtained it or have already ^(AB)become perfect, but I press on ^[h]so that I may ^(AC)lay hold of that ^[i]for which also I ^(AD)was laid hold of by ^(AE)Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider myself as having laid hold of it yet, but one thing I do: ^(AF)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I ^(AG)press on toward the goal for the prize of the ^(AH)upward call of God in ^(AI)Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let us therefore, as many as are ^[j](AJ)perfect, think this way; and if in anything you ^(AK)think differently, ^(AL)God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶ However, let us keep ^[k](AM)walking in step with the same standard to which we have attained.

¹⁷ Brothers, ^(AN)join in following my example, and ^(AO)look for those who walk according to the ^(AP)pattern you have in us. ¹⁸ For ^(AQ)many walk—of whom I often told you, and now tell you even ^(AR)crying—as enemies of ^(AS)the cross of Christ, ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their ^(AT)stomach and ^(AU)glory is in their shame, who ^(AV)set their thoughts on earthly things. ²⁰ For ^(AW)our ^[l]citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly ^(AX)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who will ^(AY)transform ^[m]the body of our humble state into ^(AZ)conformity with ^[n]the ^(BA)body of His glory, ^(BB)by His working through which He is able to even ^(BC)subject all things to Himself.