Filipenses 3:4

4 aunque, si alguien pudiera confiar en sus propios esfuerzos, ese sería yo. De hecho, si otros tienen razones para confiar en sus propios esfuerzos, ¡yo las tengo aún más!

Filipenses 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Philippians 3:4

Though I might also have confidence in the flesh
This he says, lest it should be objected to him, that the reason why he had no confidence in the flesh, and did not boast of it, was, because he could not; he had nothing to glory of, and put his confidence in, and therefore acted the common part of such persons, who despise what either they have not, or are ignorant of: but this was not the apostle's case, he had as much reason, and as good a foundation for trust in himself, his privileges and attainments, as any man had, and more; and his meaning here is not, that he might lawfully have confidence in the flesh, for that is criminal in every one, but that he had as good pretensions to it; and were it lawful, might with greater appearance of truth do it than some other persons, or indeed any other:

if any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the
flesh, I more:
the sense is, if there were any other person besides the false teachers he speaks of in ( Philippians 3:2 ) ; that were of the judaizing sect, or any whatever of the Jewish nation, be he who he will, who thought within himself he had, or seemed to others to have (for all such confidence, and the grounds of it, are only in show and appearance, and in imagination, not in reality), reasons for boasting and trusting in himself and in his carnal privileges and performances, the apostle had more, and which he enumerates in ( Philippians 3:5 Philippians 3:6 ) ; not but that he might be exceeded by some in some one particular or another; as for instance, he was not of the tribe of Levi: nor of Judah; he was neither of the house of Aaron, nor of David; neither of the priestly line, nor of the blood royal; but taking all together, there was not a man in whom so many reasons met, for boasting and confidence in the flesh, as in himself.

Filipenses 3:4 In-Context

2 Cuídense de esos «perros», de esa gente que hace lo malo, esos mutiladores que les dicen que deben circuncidarse para ser salvos.

3 Pues los que adoramos por medio del Espíritu de Dios
somos los verdaderos circuncisos. Confiamos en lo que Cristo Jesús hizo por nosotros. No depositamos ninguna confianza en esfuerzos humanos

4 aunque, si alguien pudiera confiar en sus propios esfuerzos, ese sería yo. De hecho, si otros tienen razones para confiar en sus propios esfuerzos, ¡yo las tengo aún más!

5 Fui circuncidado cuando tenía ocho días de vida. Soy un ciudadano de Israel de pura cepa y miembro de la tribu de Benjamín, ¡un verdadero hebreo como no ha habido otro! Fui miembro de los fariseos, quienes exigen la obediencia más estricta a la ley judía.

6 Era tan fanático que perseguía con crueldad a la iglesia, y en cuanto a la justicia, obedecía la ley al pie de la letra.