1 F inally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.

¶ It remains, my brethren, that ye rejoice in the Lord. It does not bother me to write the same things to you, and for you it is safe.

2 B eware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

3 F or we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

For we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit and glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.

4 t hough I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:

¶ Though I might also have reason to confide in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:

5 c ircumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

Circumcised the eighth day, of the lineage of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

6 c oncerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

concerning zeal, a persecutor of the congregation; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

7 B ut what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.

But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.

8 Y et 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

And doubtless I even count all things as loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ

9 a nd 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;

¶ and be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

10 t hat I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

That I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death,

11 i f, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Pressing Toward the Goal

if by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

12 N ot 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.

Not as though I had already attained it, either were already perfect, but I follow after, if I may lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by the Christ, Jesus.

13 B rethren, 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,

Brethren, I do not reckon to have laid hold of it yet, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and extending myself unto those things which are ahead,

14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 T herefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.

¶ Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded; and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

16 N evertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind. Our Citizenship in Heaven

Nevertheless, in that unto which we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us have the same mind.

17 B rethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.

¶ Brethren, be imitators of me and consider those who so walk, as ye have us for a pattern.

18 F or 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:

(For 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;

19 w hose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

whose end shall be perdition, whose God is their belly and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things).

20 F or our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 w ho 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.

Who shall transform our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is also able to subdue all things unto himself.