1 F or the rest, my brethren, delight yourselves in the Lord and continue to rejoice that you are in Him. To keep writing to you of the same things is not irksome to me, and it is for your safety.

Впрочем, братя мои, радвайте се в Господа. За мене не е досадно да ви пиша все същото, а за вас е безопасно.

2 L ook out for those dogs, look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.

Пазете се от злите работници, пазете се от поборниците на обрязването ( Гръцки: От връзването: презрителен израз);

3 F or we are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances—

защото ние сме обрязаните, които с Божия Дух се кланяме, и се хвалим с Хрита Исуса, и не уповаваме на плътта.

4 T hough for myself I have to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more!

При все че аз мога и на плътта да уповавам. Ако някой друг мисли, че може да уповава на плътта, то аз повече,

5 C ircumcised when I was eight days old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of the Pharisees,

бидейки обрязан в осмия ден, от Израиловия род, от Вениаминовото племе, евреин от евреин, досежно закона фарисей,

6 A s to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law’s standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me.

по ревност гонител на църквата, по правдата, която е от закона, непорочен.

7 B ut whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as '> one combined] loss for Christ’s sake.

Но това, което беше за мене придобивка, като загуба го счетох за Христа.

8 Y es, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),

А още всичко считам като загуба заради това превъзходно нещо

9 A nd that I may be found and known as in Him, not having any righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law’s demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the right standing with God, which comes from God by faith.

и да се намеря в Него, без да имам за своя правда оная, която е от закона, но оная, която е чрез вяра в Христа, то ест, правдата, която е от Бога въз основа на вяра,

10 t hat I may know Him, and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection '> which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed to His death,

за да позная Него, силата на Неговото възкресение, и обещанието в Неговите страдания, ставайки съобразуван със смъртта Му,

11 T hat if possible I may attain to the '> spiritual and moral] resurrection out from among the dead.

дано всякак достигна възкресението на мъртвите

12 N ot that I have now attained, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own.

Не че съм сполучил вече, или че съм станал вече съвършен; но гоня изподир, дано уловя, понеже и аз бидох уловен от Христа Исуса.

13 I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

Братя, аз не считам, че съм уловил, но едно правя,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.

пускам се към прицелната точка за наградата на горното от Бога признание в Хриса Исуса

15 S o let those who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also.

И тъй, ние, които сме зрели, нека мислим така; и ако мислите вие нещо другояче, Бог ще ви открие в него.

16 O nly let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that.

Само нека живее според това, в което сме достигнали.

17 B rethren, together follow my example and observe those who live after the pattern we have set for you.

Братя, бъдете всички подражатели на мене и внимавайте на тия, които се обхождат така, както имаме пример в нас.

18 F or there are many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, who walk (live) as enemies of the cross of Christ (the Anointed One).

Защото мнозина, за които много пъти съм ви казвал, а сега и с плач ви казвам се обхождат като врагове на Христовия кръст;

19 T hey are doomed and their fate is eternal misery (perdition); their god is their stomach (their appetites, their sensuality) and they glory in their shame, siding with earthly things and being of their party.

чиято сетнина е погибел, чиито бог е коремът, и чието хвалене е в това, което е срамотно, които дават ума си на земните неща.

20 B ut we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also we earnestly and patiently await the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Savior,

Защото нашето гражданство е на небесата, отгдето и очакваме Спасител, Господа Исуса Христа,

21 W ho will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself.

Който ще преобрази нашето унищожено тяло, за да стане съобразно с Неговото славно тяло, по упражнение на силата Си да покори и всичко на Седе Си.