Philippians 3:1-10 ▼

1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord, it is not uneasy to me to write what I have already said, and it is an advantage to you.

2 be upon your guard against snarlers, against the contrivances of the crafty, against the spurious breed;

3 for we are the genuine sons of Abraham, who worship God in the spiritual manner, and value no other dependance than that on Jesus Christ, without confiding in any external advantages:

4 which I might do more justly than any other man can pretend to:

5 being circumcised the eighth day, of the family of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew by descent, by sect a Pharisee.

6 if zeal is to be regarded, I persecuted the church; if the integrity prescrib'd by the law, I am without reproach;

7 these advantages I renounce for Christ,

8 nay I think them disadvantages when put in competition with the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord: for whose sake I abandon all these things, and count them as straw, that I may gain Christ,

9 and be his true disciple, not professing that justification, which is derived from the law, but that which is from the gospel,

10 the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world,