Philippians 3:7-21

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷ But ^(A)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 ^[a]in view of the surpassing value of ^[b](B)knowing ^(C)Christ Jesus my Lord, ^[c]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, ⁹ and may be found in Him, not having ^(D)a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, ^(E)the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, ¹⁰ that I may ^(F)know Him and ^(G)the power of His resurrection and ^[d](H)the fellowship of His sufferings, being ^(I)conformed to His death; ^11 [e]in order that I may ^(J)attain to the resurrection from the dead.

¹² Not that I have already ^(K)obtained it or have already ^(L)become perfect, but I press on ^[f]so that I may ^(M)lay hold of that ^[g]for which also I ^(N)was laid hold of by ^(O)Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: ^(P)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I ^(Q)press on toward the goal for the prize of the ^(R)upward call of God in ^(S)Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let us therefore, as many as are ^[h](T)perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a ^(U)different attitude, ^(V)God will reveal that also to you; ¹⁶ however, let us keep ^[i](W)living by that same standard to which we have attained.

¹⁷ Brethren, ^(X)join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the ^(Y)pattern you have in us. ¹⁸ For ^(Z)many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even ^(AA)weeping, that they are enemies of ^(AB)the cross of Christ, ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their ^[j](AC)appetite, and whose ^(AD)glory is in their shame, who ^(AE)set their minds on earthly things. ²⁰ For ^(AF)our ^[k]citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly ^(AG)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; ²¹ who will ^(AH)transform ^[l]the body of our humble state into ^(AI)conformity with ^[m]the ^(AJ)body of His glory, ^(AK)by the exertion of the power that He has even to ^(AL)subject all things to Himself.