Philippians 3
New Life Version
It Is Christ Only—Not the Things You Do
3 So now, my Christian brothers, be happy because you belong to Christ. It is not hard for me to write the same things to you. It is good for you. 2 Watch out for false teachers. Watch out for sinful men. They want you to depend on the religious act of becoming a Jew for your hope. 3 The act of becoming a Jew has nothing to do with us becoming Christians. We worship God through His Spirit and are proud of Jesus Christ. We have no faith in what we ourselves can do. 4 I could have reason to trust in the flesh. If anyone could feel that the flesh could do something for him, I could. 5 I went through the religious act of becoming a Jew when I was eight days old. I was born a Jew and came from the family group of Benjamin. I was a Jewish son of Jewish parents. I belonged to the group of the proud religious law-keepers. 6 I followed my religion with all my heart and did everything I could to make it hard for the church. No one could say anything against the way I obeyed the Law.
Christ Must Be Lord of Our Lives
7 But I gave up those things that were so important to me for Christ. 8 Even more than that, I think of everything as worth nothing. It is so much better to know Christ Jesus my Lord. I have lost everything for Him. And I think of these things as worth nothing so that I can have Christ. 9 I want to be as one with Him. I could not be right with God by what the Law said I must do. I was made right with God by faith in Christ. 10 I want to know Him. I want to have the same power in my life that raised Jesus from the dead. I want to understand and have a share in His sufferings and be like Christ in His death. 11 Then I may be raised up from among the dead.
12 I do not say that I have received this or have already become perfect. But I keep going on to make that life my own as Christ Jesus made me His own. 13 No, Christian brothers, I do not have that life yet. But I do one thing. I forget everything that is behind me and look forward to that which is ahead of me. 14 My eyes are on the crown. I want to win the race and get the crown of God’s call from heaven through Christ Jesus. 15 All of us who are full-grown Christians should think this way. If you do not think this way, God will show it to you. 16 So let us keep on obeying the same truth we have already been following.
17 Christian brothers, live your lives as I have lived mine. Watch those who live as I have taught you to live. 18 There are many whose lives show they hate the cross of Christ. I have told you this before. Now I tell you again with tears in my eyes. 19 Their god is their stomach. They take pride in things they should be ashamed of. All they think about are the things of this world. In the end they will be destroyed. 20 But we are citizens of heaven. Christ, the One Who saves from the punishment of sin, will be coming down from heaven again. We are waiting for Him to return. 21 He will change these bodies of ours of the earth and make them new. He will make them like His body of shining-greatness. He has the power to do this because He can make all things obey Him.
Philippians 3
New King James Version
All for Christ
3 Finally, my brethren, (A)rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.
2 (B)Beware of dogs, beware of (C)evil workers, (D)beware of the mutilation! 3 For we are (E)the circumcision, (F)who worship [a]God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, 4 though (G)I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I (H)more so: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, (I)of the tribe of Benjamin, (J)a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, (K)a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, (L)persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But (M)what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss (N)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not having (O)my own righteousness, which is from the law, but (P)that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that I may know Him and the (Q)power of His resurrection, and (R)the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, 11 if, by any means, I may (S)attain[b] to the resurrection from the dead.
Pressing Toward the Goal
12 Not that I have already (T)attained,[c] or am already (U)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [d]apprehended; but one thing I do, (V)forgetting those things which are behind and (W)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (X)I press toward the goal for the prize of (Y)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Therefore let us, as many as are (Z)mature, (AA)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, (AB)God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already [e]attained, (AC)let us walk (AD)by the same [f]rule, let us be of the same mind.
Our Citizenship in Heaven
17 Brethren, (AE)join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as (AF)you have us for a pattern. 18 For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are (AG)the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 (AH)whose end is destruction, (AI)whose god is their belly, and (AJ)whose glory is in their shame—(AK)who set their mind on earthly things. 20 For (AL)our citizenship is in heaven, (AM)from which we also (AN)eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 (AO)who will transform our lowly body that it may be (AP)conformed to His glorious body, (AQ)according to the working by which He is able even to (AR)subdue all things to Himself.
Footnotes
- Philippians 3:3 NU, M in the Spirit of God
- Philippians 3:11 Lit. arrive at
- Philippians 3:12 obtained it
- Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
- Philippians 3:16 arrived
- Philippians 3:16 NU omits rule and the rest of v. 16.
Filipperbrevet 3
Svenska 1917
3 För övrigt, mina bröder, glädjen eder i Herren. Att skriva till eder detsamma som förut, det räknar jag icke för något besvär, och det är för eder tryggare.
2 Given akt på de hundarna, given akt på de onda arbetarna, given akt på »de sönderskurna».
3 Ty vi äro »de omskurna», vi som genom Guds Ande tjäna Gud och berömma oss av Kristus Jesus och icke förtrösta på köttet --
4 fastän jag för min del väl också kunde hava skäl att förtrösta på köttet. Ja, om någon menar sig kunna förtrösta på köttet, så kan jag det ännu mer,
5 jag som blev omskuren, när jag var åtta dagar gammal, jag som är av Israels folk och av Benjamins stam, en hebré, född av hebréer, jag som i fråga om lagen har varit en farisé,
6 i fråga om nitälskan varit en församlingens förföljare, i fråga om rättfärdighet -- den som vinnes i kraft av lagen -- varit en ostrafflig man.
7 Men allt det som var mig en vinning, det har jag för Kristi skull räknat såsom en förlust.
8 Ja, jag räknar i sanning allt såsom förlust mot det som är långt mer värt: kunskapen om Kristus Jesus, min Herre. Ty det är för hans skull som jag har gått förlustig alltsammans och nu räknar det såsom avskräde, på det att jag må vinna Kristus
9 och bliva funnen i honom, icke med min egen rättfärdighet, den som kommer av lag, utan med den rättfärdighet som kommer genom tro på Kristus, rättfärdigheten av Gud, på grund av tron.
10 Ty jag vill lära känna honom och hans uppståndelses kraft och få känna delaktighet i hans lidanden, i det jag bliver honom lik genom en död sådan som hans,
11 om jag så skulle kunna nå fram till uppståndelsen från de döda.
12 Icke som om jag redan hade vunnit det eller redan hade blivit fullkomlig, men jag far efter att vinna det, eftersom jag själv har blivit vunnen av Kristus Jesus.
13 Ja, mina bröder, jag håller icke före att jag ännu har vunnit det, men ett gör jag: jag förgäter det som är bakom mig och sträcker mig mot det som är framför mig
14 och jagar mot målet, för att få den segerlön som hålles framför oss genom Guds kallelse ovanifrån, i Kristus Jesus.
15 Må därför vi alla som äro »fullkomliga» hava ett sådant tänkesätt. Men om så är, att I i något stycke haven andra tankar, så skall Gud också däröver giva eder klarhet.
16 Dock, såvitt vi redan hava hunnit något framåt, så låtom oss vandra vidare på samma väg.
17 Mina bröder, varen ock I mina efterföljare, och sen på dem som vandra på samma sätt som jag, eftersom I ju haven oss till föredöme.
18 Ty det är såsom jag ofta har sagt eder och nu åter måste säga under tårar: många vandra såsom fiender till Kristi kors,
19 och deras ände är fördärv; de hava buken till sin Gud och söka sin ära i det som är deras skam, och deras sinne är vänt till det som hör jorden till.
20 Vi åter hava vårt medborgarskap i himmelen, och därifrån vänta vi ock Herren Jesus Kristus såsom Frälsare,
21 vilken skall så förvandla vår förnedringskropp, att den bliver lik hans härlighetskropp -- genom den kraft varmed han ock kan underlägga sig allt.
Philippiens 3
Louis Segond
3 Au reste, mes frères, réjouissez-vous dans le Seigneur. Je ne me lasse point de vous écrire les mêmes choses, et pour vous cela est salutaire.
2 Prenez garde aux chiens, prenez garde aux mauvais ouvriers, prenez garde aux faux circoncis.
3 Car les circoncis, c'est nous, qui rendons à Dieu notre culte par l'Esprit de Dieu, qui nous glorifions en Jésus Christ, et qui ne mettons point notre confiance en la chair.
4 Moi aussi, cependant, j'aurais sujet de mettre ma confiance en la chair. Si quelque autre croit pouvoir se confier en la chair, je le puis bien davantage,
5 moi, circoncis le huitième jour, de la race d'Israël, de la tribu de Benjamin, Hébreu né d'Hébreux; quant à la loi, pharisien;
6 quant au zèle, persécuteur de l'Église; irréprochable, à l'égard de la justice de la loi.
7 Mais ces choses qui étaient pour moi des gains, je les ai regardées comme une perte, à cause de Christ.
8 Et même je regarde toutes choses comme une perte, à cause de l'excellence de la connaissance de Jésus Christ mon Seigneur, pour lequel j'ai renoncé à tout, et je les regarde comme de la boue, afin de gagner Christ,
9 et d'être trouvé en lui, non avec ma justice, celle qui vient de la loi, mais avec celle qui s'obtient par la foi en Christ, la justice qui vient de Dieu par la foi,
10 Afin de connaître Christ, et la puissance de sa résurrection, et la communion de ses souffrances, en devenant conforme à lui dans sa mort, pour parvenir,
11 si je puis, à la résurrection d'entre les morts.
12 Ce n'est pas que j'aie déjà remporté le prix, ou que j'aie déjà atteint la perfection; mais je cours, pour tâcher de le saisir, puisque moi aussi j'ai été saisi par Jésus Christ.
13 Frères, je ne pense pas l'avoir saisi; mais je fais une chose: oubliant ce qui est en arrière et me portant vers ce qui est en avant,
14 je cours vers le but, pour remporter le prix de la vocation céleste de Dieu en Jésus Christ.
15 Nous tous donc qui sommes parfaits, ayons cette même pensée; et si vous êtes en quelque point d'un autre avis, Dieu vous éclairera aussi là-dessus.
16 Seulement, au point où nous sommes parvenus, marchons d'un même pas.
17 Soyez tous mes imitateurs, frères, et portez les regards sur ceux qui marchent selon le modèle que vous avez en nous.
18 Car il en est plusieurs qui marchent en ennemis de la croix de Christ, je vous en ai souvent parlé, et j'en parle maintenant encore en pleurant.
19 Leur fin sera la perdition; ils ont pour dieu leur ventre, ils mettent leur gloire dans ce qui fait leur honte, ils ne pensent qu'aux choses de la terre.
20 Mais notre cité à nous est dans les cieux, d'où nous attendons aussi comme Sauveur le Seigneur Jésus Christ,
21 qui transformera le corps de notre humiliation, en le rendant semblable au corps de sa gloire, par le pouvoir qu'il a de s'assujettir toutes choses.
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
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