- Finally , 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.
Watch out for those dogs , - those workers of evil , - those mutilators of the flesh !
For (it is) we (who) are the circumcision , we who worship by (the) Spirit of God , who glory in Christ Jesus , and (who) vvv put no confidence in (the) flesh —
though I myself ... could have such confidence ... .... If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in (the) flesh , I (have) more :
circumcised on (the) eighth day , of (the) people of Israel , of (the) tribe of Benjamin ; a Hebrew of Hebrews - ; as to (the) law , a Pharisee ;
as to zeal , persecuting the church ; as to righteousness - in (the) law , - faultless.
But whatever was gain to me - I count as loss for the sake of - Christ.
More 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
and 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.
- (I want) to know (Christ) and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings , being conformed to (Him) in His death ,
and so , somehow , to attain to the resurrection - from (the) dead.
Not that vvv I have already obtained (all this) , or vvv have already been made perfect , but I press on - - to take hold of that for which ... - Christ Jesus - took hold of me.
Brothers , 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 ,
I press on toward (the) goal to (win) the prize of - God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
- All of us who (are) mature vvv should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue , - God will reveal this to you as well.
Nevertheless , we must live up ... ... to what we have already attained.
Join one another in following ... my (example) , brothers , and carefully observe those who - walk according to the pattern we set for you ....
For (as) I have often told ... you {before} , and now say (again) even with tears : Many live - (as) enemies of the cross - of Christ.
(Their) - end (is) destruction , (their) - god (is) (their) belly , and (their) glory (is) in their - shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
But our - citizenship is in heaven , and we eagerly await a Savior from (there) , (the) Lord Jesus Christ ,
who , by the power vvv vvv that enables Him ... to subject - all things to Himself , will transform our - lowly - bodies to be like - His - glorious body.