Philippians 3:1-9 (New Revised Standard)
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Finally, my brothers and sisters, a rejoice b in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.
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Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! c
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For it is we who are the circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God d and boast in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh—
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even though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more:
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circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
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as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
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Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ.
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More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
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and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but one that comes through faith in Christ, e the righteousness from God based on faith.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online)
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