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Philippians 3
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Philippians 3
Easy-to-Read Version
Christ Is More Important Than Anything
3 And now, my brothers and sisters, be filled with joy in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again. I want to be sure that you are prepared.
2 Be careful of the dogs—those men whose work does only harm. They want to cut on everyone who isn’t circumcised.[a] 3 But we are the ones who have the true circumcision[b]—we who worship God through his Spirit. We don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do. We take pride only in Christ Jesus. 4 Even if I am able to trust in myself, still I don’t do it. If anyone else thinks they have a reason to trust in themselves, they should know that I have a greater reason for doing so. 5 I was circumcised on the eighth day after my birth. I am from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Jew, and so were my parents. The law was very important to me. That is why I became a Pharisee. 6 I was so eager to defend my religion[c] that I persecuted the church. And no one could find fault with the way I obeyed the Law of Moses.
7 At one time all these things were important to me. But because of Christ, I decided that they are worth nothing. 8 Not only these things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all these things, and now I know that they are all worthless trash. All I want now is Christ. 9 I want to belong to him. In Christ I am right with God, but my being right does not come from following the law. It comes from God through faith. God uses my faith in[d] Christ to make me right with him. 10 All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him from death. I want to share in his sufferings and be like him even in his death. 11 Then there is hope that I myself will somehow be raised from death.
Trying to Reach the Goal
12 I don’t mean that I am exactly what God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach it and make it mine. That’s what Christ Jesus wants me to do. It is the reason he made me his. 13 Brothers and sisters, I know that I still have a long way to go. But there is one thing I do: I forget what is in the past and try as hard as I can to reach the goal before me. 14 I keep running hard toward the finish line to get the prize that is mine because God has called me through Christ Jesus to life up there in heaven.
15 All of us who have grown to be spiritually mature should think this way too. And if there is any of this that you don’t agree with, God will make it clear to you. 16 But we should continue following the truth we already have.
17 Brothers and sisters, join together in following my example. Also, learn by watching those who are living the way we showed you. 18 There are many who live like enemies of the cross of Christ. I have often told you about them. And it makes me cry to tell you about them now. 19 The way they live is leading them to destruction. They have replaced God with their own desires. They do shameful things, and they are proud of what they do. They think only about earthly things. 20 But the government that rules us is in heaven. We are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from there. 21 He will change our humble bodies and make them like his own glorious body. Christ can do this by his power, with which he is able to rule everything.
Footnotes
- Philippians 3:2 want to cut on … circumcised There is a play on words here in Greek. The key word is like “circumcision” (see “circumcise, circumcision” in the Word List), but it means “mutilation” or “cutting to pieces.”
- Philippians 3:3 we are … circumcision Literally, “we are the circumcision.” See “circumcise, circumcision” in the Word List.
- Philippians 3:6 eager to defend my religion Before Paul became a believer in Jesus as the Messiah, he thought it was his duty as a good Jew to oppose the Jews who had become Christ-followers.
- Philippians 3:9 my faith in Or “the faithfulness of.”
Philippians 3
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Philippians 3
New International Version
No Confidence in the Flesh
3 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. 2 Watch out for those dogs,(B) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 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— 4 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: 5 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) 6 as for zeal,(J) persecuting the church;(K) as for righteousness based on the law,(L) faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(M) for the sake of Christ. 8 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) 9 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
- Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of
Phi-líp 3
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Phi-líp 3
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Sự Công Chính Thật
3 Sau hết, thưa anh chị em của tôi, hãy vui mừng trong Chúa. Nhắc lại cho anh chị em những điều này không có gì phiền cho tôi nhưng bảo đảm cho anh chị em.
2 Hãy coi chừng bọn chó, hãy coi chừng đám công nhân gian ác, hãy coi chừng những kẻ cắt da thịt.[a] 3 Vì chúng ta mới thật là những người được cắt bì, những người nhờ Thánh Linh của Đức Chúa Trời mà thờ phượng,[b] hãnh diện trong Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su chứ không nhờ cậy vào thân xác phàm tục. 4 Mặc dầu chính tôi cũng có lý do để kiêu hãnh về thân xác phàm tục. Nếu ai khác tưởng họ có lý do để kiêu hãnh về thân xác phàm tục, thì tôi đây có nhiều hơn.
5 Tôi chịu phép cắt bì khi sinh được tám ngày, thuộc dòng dõi Y-sơ-ra-ên, bộ tộc Bên-gia-min, là người Hê-bơ-rơ, con của người Hê-bơ-rơ, theo Kinh Luật là một người Pha-ri-si, 6 về lòng nhiệt thành là kẻ bắt bớ Hội Thánh, về đời sống công chính theo Kinh Luật là người không thể trách được.
7 Nhưng bất cứ những gì xưa kia tôi coi là lợi thì nay vì Chúa Cứu Thế tôi coi là lỗ. 8 Hơn thế nữa, tôi coi mọi sự như là lỗ vì sự hiểu biết Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su, Chúa tôi, là điều quan trọng nhất. Vì Ngài, tôi chịu lỗ tất cả, tôi coi những điều đó như rơm rác để được Chúa Cứu Thế 9 và được ở trong Ngài. Được như thế không phải nhờ sự công chính của tôi dựa trên Kinh Luật, nhưng bởi đức tin nơi Chúa Cứu Thế, là sự công chính do Đức Chúa Trời ban cho nhờ đức tin 10 và để biết Ngài, biết quyền năng phục sinh của Ngài, chia sẻ sự thương khó của Ngài, biết thông công với Ngài trong sự chết của Ngài; 11 với niềm mong ước thể nào tôi cũng được sống lại từ cõi chết.
Hướng Về Mục Đích
12 Nói thế, không phải là tôi đã đoạt giải hay được hoàn hảo rồi, nhưng tôi cứ theo đuổi để đoạt cho được giải, vì chính tôi đã được Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su chiếm đoạt.[c] 13 Thưa anh chị em, tôi không nghĩ rằng tôi đã chiếm được rồi. Nhưng tôi chỉ chú tâm vào một điều: Quên đi những điều đã qua, phóng mình đuổi theo những điều phía trước, 14 nhắm mục đích đoạt cho được giải thưởng, là sự kêu gọi thiên thượng của Đức Chúa Trời trong Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su. 15 Vậy tất cả chúng ta là những người trưởng thành hãy có thái độ này, và nếu có điều gì anh chị em nghĩ khác thì Đức Chúa Trời sẽ khải thị điều này cho anh chị em.
16 Tuy nhiên, đã đạt đến đâu, chúng ta hãy cứ giữ hướng ấy mà đi.
17 Thưa anh chị em, hãy cùng nhau noi gương tôi và nhìn xem những người sống theo gương mà chúng tôi để lại cho anh chị em. 18 Vì tôi đã nói với anh chị em nhiều lần, nay tôi phải nói lại trong nước mắt: Có nhiều người sống như kẻ thù nghịch thập tự giá của Chúa Cứu Thế. 19 Kết cuộc của họ là sự hư vong, họ lấy cái bụng làm Đức Chúa Trời mình và vinh quang trong cái đáng hổ thẹn. Họ chỉ nghĩ đến những điều thế tục. 20 Trái lại chúng ta là công dân trên trời, chúng ta đang trông đợi Đấng Cứu Thế từ đó đến, là Chúa Cứu Thế Giê-su. 21 Ngài, bởi quyền năng đã bắt muôn loài quy phục mình, sẽ biến đổi thân thể hèn mọn của chúng ta ra giống như thân thể vinh quang Ngài.
Philippians 3
King James Version
Philippians 3
King James Version
3 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.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
4 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:
5 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;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
8 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,
9 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.
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