| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe. | 1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. |
| 2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! | 2Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh! |
| 3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, | 3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— |
| 4though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so: | 4though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more: |
| 5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; | 5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; |
| 6concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. | 6as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless. |
| 7But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. | 7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ. |
| 8Yet indeed I also count all things loss 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 | 8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ |
| 9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; | 9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. |
| 10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, | 10I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, |
| 11if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. | 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. |
| 12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. | 12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. |
| 13Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, | 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, |
| 14I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. | 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus. |
| 15Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you. | 15All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well. |
| 16Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind. | 16Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained. |
| 17Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern. | 17Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you. |
| 18For 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: | 18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. |
| 19whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things. | 19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. |
| 20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, | 20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 21who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself. | 21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. |
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