PHILIPPIANS 3 [†]Finally, my brothers, [1]  k rejoice in the Lord.  l To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.

2[†]Look out for  m the dogs, look out for  n the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3[†]For  o we are the circumcision,  p who worship  q by the Spirit of God [2] and  r glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 4[†] s though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 t circumcised on the eighth day,  u of the people of Israel,  v of the tribe of Benjamin,  u a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law,  w a Pharisee; 6 x as to zeal,  y a persecutor of the church;  z as to righteousness under the law, [3] blameless. 7[†]But  a whatever gain I had,  b I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of  c the surpassing worth of  d knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I  e have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9[†]and be found in him, not having  f a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but  g that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10[†] h that I may know him and  i the power of his resurrection, and  j may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11that by any means possible I may  k attain the resurrection from the dead.

12[†]Not that I have already  l obtained this or  m am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do:  n forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14[†]I press on toward the goal for  o the prize of the upward  p call of God in Christ Jesus. 15[†]Let those of us who are  q mature think this way, and if in anything  r you think otherwise,  s God will reveal that also to you. 16Only  t let us hold true to what we have attained.

17[†]Brothers,  u join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk  v according to the example you have in us. 18[†]For  w many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you  x even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 y Their end is destruction,  z their god is their belly, and  a they glory in their shame, with  b minds set on earthly things. 20[†]But  c our citizenship is in heaven, and  d from it we  e await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21[†]who will transform  f our lowly body  g to be like his glorious body,  h by the power that enables him even  i to subject all things to himself.