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保罗只在基督里夸口

弟兄们,我还有话说,你们要靠主喜乐!我把这话再写给你们,于我并不为难,于你们却是妥当。 应当防备犬类,防备作恶的,防备妄自行割的。 因为真受割礼的,乃是我们这以神的灵敬拜,在基督耶稣里夸口,不靠着肉体的。 其实我也可以靠肉体,若是别人想他可以靠肉体,我更可以靠着了。 我第八天受割礼,我是以色列便雅悯支派的人,是希伯来人所生的希伯来人。就律法说,我是法利赛人; 就热心说,我是逼迫教会的;就律法上的义说,我是无可指摘的。 只是我先前以为于我有益的,我现在因基督都当做有损的。 不但如此,我也将万事当做有损的,因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝。

为基督丢弃万事

我为他已经丢弃万事,看做粪土,为要得着基督, 并且得以在他里面,不是有自己因律法而得的义,乃是有信基督的义,就是因信神而来的义; 10 使我认识基督,晓得他复活的大能,并且晓得和他一同受苦,效法他的死, 11 或者我也得以从死里复活。 12 这不是说我已经得着了,已经完全了,我乃是竭力追求,或者可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的[a]

忘记背后努力面前的

13 弟兄们,我不是以为自己已经得着了,我只有一件事,就是忘记背后,努力面前的, 14 向着标竿直跑,要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。 15 所以我们中间凡是完全人,总要存这样的心;若在什么事上存别样的心,神也必以此指示你们。 16 然而我们到了什么地步,就当照着什么地步行。

17 弟兄们,你们要一同效法我,也当留意看那些照我们榜样行的人。 18 因为有许多人行事是基督十字架的仇敌,我屡次告诉你们,现在又流泪地告诉你们。 19 他们的结局就是沉沦,他们的神就是自己的肚腹!他们以自己的羞辱为荣耀,专以地上的事为念。

门徒是天上的国民

20 我们却是天上的国民,并且等候救主,就是主耶稣基督,从天上降临。 21 他要按着那能叫万有归服自己的大能,将我们这卑贱的身体改变形状,和他自己荣耀的身体相似。

Footnotes

  1. 腓立比书 3:12 “所以得着我的”或作“所要我得的”。

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Being Acceptable to God

Finally, my dear friends, be glad that you belong to the Lord. It doesn't bother me to write the same things to you that I have written before. In fact, it is for your own good.

Watch out for those people who behave like dogs! They are evil and want to do more than just circumcise you. But we are the ones who are truly circumcised, because we worship by the power of God's Spirit[a] and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don't brag about what we have done, although I could. Others may brag about themselves, but I have more reason to brag than anyone else. (A) I was circumcised when I was eight days old,[b] and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses. (B) And I was so eager I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.

But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless. Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ. 10 All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did, 11 so that somehow I also may be raised to life.

Running toward the Goal

12 I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. 13 My friends, I don't feel I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. 14 I run toward the goal, so I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done. 15 All of us who are mature should think in this same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you. 16 But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed.

17 (C) My friends, I want you to follow my example and learn from others who closely follow the example we set for you. 18 I often warned you that many people are living as enemies of the cross of Christ. And now with tears in my eyes, I warn you again 19 that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and brag about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.

20 But we are citizens of heaven and are eagerly waiting for our Savior to come from there. Our Lord Jesus Christ 21 (D) has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body.

Footnotes

  1. 3.3 by the power of God's Spirit: Some manuscripts have “sincerely.”
  2. 3.5 when I was eight days old: Jewish boys are circumcised eight days after birth.