腓立比书 3
真正的义
1 末了，我的弟兄们，你们要靠主喜乐。我把这些话再写给你们，对我并不困难，对你们却是妥当的。
2 应当防备犬类，防备作恶的，防备妄自行割的。 3 因为真受割礼的，就是我们这藉着上帝的灵敬拜、以基督耶稣为夸耀、不依靠肉体的。 4 其实，我也可以靠肉体；若是别人以为他可以依靠肉体，我更可以。 5 我出生后第八天受割礼；我是以色列族、便雅悯支派的人，是希伯来人所生的希伯来人。就律法说，我是法利赛人； 6 就热心说，我是迫害教会的；就律法上的义说，我是无可指责的。 7 只是我先前以为对我是有益的，我现在因基督的缘故而当作是有损的。 8 不但如此，我已把万事当作是有损的，因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝。我为他已经丢弃万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督， 9 并且得以在他里面，不是有自己因律法而得的义，而是有信基督的义t，就是基于信，从上帝而来的义， 10 使我认识基督，知道他复活的大能，并且知道和他一同受苦，效法他的死， 11 或许我也得以从死人中复活。
向着标竿直跑
12 这不是说我已经得着了，已经完全了；而是竭力追求，或许可以得着基督耶稣t所要我得着的t。 13 弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了；我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的， 14 向着标竿直跑，要得上帝在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。 15 所以，我们中间凡是成熟的人，总要存这样的心；若在什么事上存别样的心，上帝也会把这些事指示你们。 16 然而，我们达到什么地步，就当照这个地步行。
17 弟兄们，你们要一同效法我，也当留意看那些效法我们榜样的人。 18 因为，我屡次告诉你们，现在又流泪告诉你们：许多人行事是基督十字架的仇敌。 19 他们的结局就是灭亡。他们的神明是自己的肚腹；他们以自己的羞辱为光荣，专以地上的事为念。 20 我们却是天上的国民，并且等候救主，就是主耶稣基督从天上降临。 21 他要按着那能使万有归服自己的大能，把我们这卑贱的身体改变形状，和他自己荣耀的身体相似。
PHILIPPIANS 3
Being Acceptable to God
1 Finally, my dear friends, be glad that you belong to the Lord. It doesn't bother me to write the same things to you that I have written before. In fact, it is for your own good.
2 Watch out for those people who behave like dogs! They are evil and want to do more than just circumcise you. 3 But we are the ones who are truly circumcised, because we worship by the power of God's Spiritt and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don't brag about what we have done, 4 although I could. Others may brag about themselves, but I have more reason to brag than anyone else. 5 t I was circumcised when I was eight days old, t and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses.
6 t And I was so eager I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.
7 But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless. 8 Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ 9 and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ. 10 All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did,
11 so that somehow I also may be raised to life.Running toward the Goal
12 I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize. 13 My friends, I don't feel I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead. 14 I run toward the goal, so I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done. 15 All of us who are mature should think in this same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you.
16 But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed.
17 t My friends, I want you to follow my example and learn from others who closely follow the example we set for you. 18 I often warned you that many people are living as enemies of the cross of Christ. And now with tears in my eyes, I warn you again
19 that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and brag about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.
20 But we are citizens of heaven and are eagerly waiting for our Savior to come from there. Our Lord Jesus Christ 21 t has power over everything, and he will make these poor bodies of ours like his own glorious body.