Philippians 3:1-11

New American Standard Bible

The Goal of Life

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

²Beware of the ^(B)dogs, beware of the ^(C)evil workers, beware of the ^[a]false circumcision; ³for ^(D)we are the true ^[b]circumcision, who ^(E)worship in the Spirit of God and take ^(F)pride in ^(G)Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh, ⁴although ^(H)I myself could boast as having confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he is confident in the flesh, I have more reason: 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; ⁶as to zeal, ^(N)a persecutor of the church; as to the ^(O)righteousness which is in the Law, found ^(P)blameless.

⁷But ^(Q)whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. ⁸More than that, I count all things to be loss ^[c]in view 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 mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, ⁹and may be found in Him, not having ^(T)a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, ^(U)the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, ¹⁰that 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; ¹¹if somehow I may ^(Z)attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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Footnotes

Philippians 3:2 Lit mutilation; Gr katatome
Philippians 3:3 Gr peritome
Philippians 3:8 Lit because of
Philippians 3:8 Lit the knowledge of
Philippians 3:8 Lit because of
Philippians 3:10 Or participation in

Isaiah 64

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Mercy and Help

64 ^[a]Oh, that You would tear open the heavens and ^(A)come down,
That the mountains would ^(B)quake at Your presence—
²^[b]As fire kindles brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the ^(C)nations may tremble at Your presence!
³When You did ^(D)awesome things which we did not expect,
You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence.
⁴For from days of old ^(E)they have not heard or perceived by ear,
Nor has the eye seen a God besides You,
Who acts in behalf of one who ^(F)waits for Him.
⁵You ^(G)meet him who rejoices in ^(H)doing righteousness,
Who ^(I)remembers You in Your ways.
Behold, ^(J)You were angry, for we sinned,
We continued in ^[c]our sins for a long time;
Yet shall we be saved?
⁶For all of us have become like one who is ^(K)unclean,
And all our ^(L)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us ^(M)wither like a leaf,
And our ^(N)wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.
⁷There is ^(O)no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself to take hold of You;
For You have ^(P)hidden Your face from us
And have ^[d]surrendered us to the power of our wrongdoings.

⁸But now, Lord, ^(Q)You are our Father;
We are the ^(R)clay, and You our potter,
And all of us are the ^(S)work of Your hand.
⁹Do not be ^(T)angry beyond measure, Lord,
^(U)Nor remember wrongdoing forever.
Behold, please look, all of us are ^(V)Your people.
¹⁰Your ^(W)holy cities have become a ^(X)wilderness,
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.
¹¹Our holy and beautiful ^(Y)house,
Where our fathers praised You,
Has been burned by fire;
And ^(Z)all our precious things have become a ruin.
¹²Will You ^(AA)restrain Yourself at these things, Lord?
Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?