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以认识基督为至宝

最后,我的弟兄们,你们要靠着主喜乐。我写这些话给你们,在我并不困难,对你们却是妥当的。

你们要提防那些“狗”,提防作恶的,提防行割礼的。 其实我们这些靠 神的灵来敬拜,在基督耶稣里夸口而不倚靠肉体的人,才是受割礼的, 虽然我有理由可以倚靠肉体。如果别人认为可以倚靠肉体,我就更加可以了; 我第八天受割礼,属于以色列民族便雅悯支派,是希伯来人所生的希伯来人。按着律法来说,我是个法利赛人; 按着热诚来说,我是迫害教会的;按着律法上的义来说,我是无可指摘的。 然而以前对我有益的,现在因着基督的缘故,我都当作是有损的。 不但这样,我也把万事当作是有损的,因为我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝。为了他,我把万事都拋弃了,看作废物,为了要得着基督。 并且得以在他里面,不是有自己因律法而得的义,而是有因信基督而得的义,就是基于信心,从 神而来的义, 10 使我认识基督和他复活的大能,并且在他所受的苦上有分,受他所受的死; 11 这样,我也许可以从死人中复活。

向着目标竭力追求

12 这并不是说我已经得着了,已经完全了,而是竭力追求,好使我可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的(“所以得着我的”或译:“要我得着的”)。 13 弟兄们,我不以为自己已经得着了,我只有一件事,就是忘记背后,努力前面的事, 14 向着目标竭力追求,为要得着 神在基督耶稣里召我往上去得的奖赏。 15 所以,我们中间凡是成熟的人,都应当这样思想。即使你们不是这样思想, 神也会把这事指示你们。 16 不过,我们到了甚么程度,就要照着甚么程度去行。

切望救主再临

17 弟兄们,你们要一同效法我,也要留意那些照着我们给你们的榜样而行的人。 18 我常常告诉你们,现在又流着泪说,有许多人行事为人,是基督十字架的仇敌, 19 他们的结局是灭亡,他们的神是自己的肚腹,他们以自己的羞辱为荣耀,所思想的都是地上的事。 20 但我们是天上的公民,切望救主,就是主耶稣基督,从天上降临; 21 他要运用那使万有归服自己的大能,改变我们这卑贱的身体,和他荣耀的身体相似。

Предпазване от лъжеучители

(A)И така, братя мои, радвайте се в името на Господа. За мене не е досадно да ви пиша едно и също, а вас ще ви предпазва.

Пазете се от злостни деятели, пазете се от тези кучета, пазете се от лъжеобрязването, (B)защото истинското обрязване сме ние, които духовно служим на Бога и се хвалим с Иисус Христос, и не се уповаваме на човешки предимства, (C)(D)макар че аз мога да се уповавам и на човешки предимства. Ако някой друг мисли да се уповава на тях, то още повече аз, (E)(F)който съм обрязан в осмия ден и съм от Израилев род, от Вениаминовото племе, евреин от евреите, по отношение на Закона – фарисей, (G)по усърдие – гонител на църквата, според изискваната от Закона праведност – непорочен. Но това, което беше за мене придобивка, заради Христос го сметнах за загуба. Наистина смятам, че всичко е загуба в сравнение с предимството да се познава Иисус Христос, моят Господ, заради Когото се отрекох от всичко. Всичко за мене е смет, за да придобия Христос и да пребъдвам в Него. Аз търся не своето оправдаване, произхождащо от Закона, а придобиваното чрез вяра в Христос – оправдаването от Бога чрез вярата, 10 (H)за да позная Него и силата на възкресението Му, да споделя страданията Му и да умра подобно на Него, 11 та дано достигна възкресението от мъртвите.

Насърчение за съвършенство

12 Не мисля, че вече съм достигнал нещо или че съм станал съвършен, но се стремя, дано постигна това, заради което Иисус Христос ме завладя. 13 Братя, аз не мисля за себе си, че съм постигнал това; но едно само правя: забравил това, което остана назад, и отправил се към това, което е напред, 14 аз се стремя към целта – към наградата на небесното призоваване от Бога чрез Иисус Христос. 15 И тъй, нека ние, които се стремим към съвършенство, да мислим така; ако ли вие другояче мислите, Бог ще ви разкрие онова, което е правилно. 16 Но по това, до което достигнахме, нека бъдем единомислени и да следваме същото правило[a].

17 (I)Братя, бъдете ми подражатели и насочете поглед към онези, които постъпват по нашия пример. 18 (J)Понеже мнозина, за които често съм ви говорил, а сега дори със сълзи говоря, постъпват като врагове на Христовия кръст. 19 Техният край е гибел, тяхното божество – коремът, а славата – в срама им; мислите им са насочени към земното. 20 А ние сме жители на небесата, откъдето очакваме и Спасителя, нашия Господ Иисус Христос, 21 (K)Който ще преобрази унизеното ни тяло тъй, че то да стане подобно на Неговото славно тяло, със силата, чрез която Той всичко може да покори на Себе Си.

Footnotes

  1. 3:16 В някои ръкописи липсва: „и да следваме същото правило“.

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

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision. For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more: circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith, 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death, 11 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

13 Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

17 Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example. 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

Lo más importante es conocer a Cristo

Además, hermanos, alégrense de estar unidos al Señor. A mí no me molesta repetirles lo que ya les había escrito, y a ustedes les hace bien que lo repita.

¡Cuídense de esa gente despreciable[a] y malvada, que los quiere circuncidar! 3-4 Los verdaderos circuncidados somos nosotros, los que guiados por el Espíritu adoramos a Dios y estamos orgullosos de pertenecer a Jesucristo. Nosotros no creemos que podamos hacer nada para salvarnos. Si la salvación dependiera de la circuncisión, yo podría sentirme más orgulloso que cualquiera: me circuncidaron a los ocho días de nacido, pertenezco a la nación de Israel, y soy de la tribu de Benjamín; ¡soy más hebreo[b] que muchos hebreos! En cuanto a cumplir la ley, pertenecí al grupo de los fariseos. Tanto me preocupaba por cumplir la ley que perseguía a los miembros de la iglesia. ¡Nadie puede culparme de no haber cumplido la ley! Pero, gracias a lo que Cristo hizo por mí, ahora pienso que no vale la pena lo que antes consideré de valor. 8-9 Todo eso lo he dejado a un lado, y lo considero basura, con tal de llegar a conocer bien a Cristo, pues no hay mejor conocimiento. Y quiero que Dios me acepte, no por haber obedecido la ley, sino por confiar en Cristo, pues así es como Dios quiere aceptarnos. 10 Por eso, lo único que deseo es conocer a Cristo; es decir, sentir el poder de su resurrección, sufrir como él sufrió, y aun morir como él murió, 11 ¡y espero que Dios me conceda resucitar de los muertos!

Hacia la meta

12 Con esto no quiero decir que yo haya logrado ya hacer todo lo que les he dicho, ni tampoco que ya sea yo perfecto. Pero sí puedo decir que sigo adelante, luchando por alcanzar esa meta, pues para eso me salvó Jesucristo. 13 Hermanos, yo sé muy bien que todavía no he alcanzado la meta; pero he decidido no fijarme en lo que ya he recorrido, sino que ahora me concentro en lo que me falta por recorrer. 14 Así que sigo adelante, hacia la meta, para llevarme el premio que Dios nos llama a recibir por medio de Jesucristo.

15 Todos los que ya hemos progresado mucho en nuestra vida cristiana debemos pensar de esta manera. Y si algunos de ustedes piensan de manera diferente, hasta eso les hará ver Dios con claridad. 16 Lo importante es que todos nosotros sigamos las mismas reglas.

17 Hermanos míos, sigan mi ejemplo. Y fíjense en los que así lo hacen. 18 Hay muchos que viven como si la muerte de Cristo en la cruz no sirviera de nada. Eso ya se lo había dicho a ustedes varias veces, pero ahora vuelvo a repetirlo con lágrimas en los ojos. 19 Esa gente va a terminar en el infierno. Vive sólo para comer, y está orgullosa de lo que hace, cuando en realidad debería sentir vergüenza. Sólo piensa en las cosas malas de este mundo. 20 Nosotros, en cambio, somos ciudadanos del cielo, y esperamos que de allí vuelva nuestro Salvador, el Señor Jesucristo. 21 Nuestros débiles cuerpos serán destruidos, pero él los transformará en cuerpos gloriosos como el suyo. Esto lo hará con el mismo poder con que controla todo el universo.

Footnotes

  1. Filipenses 3:2 Gente despreciable: La palabra griega que aquí se usa significa perros. Es un insulto, y los judíos lo usaban para referirse a los no judíos. Pablo lo usa para referirse a algunos judíos que obligaban a los cristianos no judíos a circuncidarse y a practicar otros ritos del judaísmo.
  2. Filipenses 3:5 Hebreo: En el Nuevo Testamento se llama hebreos a los judíos que vivían lejos de su país, pero que seguían respetando las costumbres culturales y religiosas de los judíos, y que además seguían hablando el idioma arameo.

No Confidence in the Flesh

Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,(A) and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs,(B) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision,(C) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(D) and who put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(E)

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

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

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(W) but I press on to take hold(X) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(Y) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(Z) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(AA) toward the goal to win the prize(AB) for which God has called(AC) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature(AD) should take such a view of things.(AE) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(AF) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

17 Join together in following my example,(AG) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(AH) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(AI) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(AJ) 19 Their destiny(AK) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(AL) and their glory is in their shame.(AM) Their mind is set on earthly things.(AN) 20 But our citizenship(AO) is in heaven.(AP) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(AQ) 21 who, by the power(AR) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(AS) so that they will be like his glorious body.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of