1 For the rest, my brethren, rejoice in {the} Lord: to write the same things to you, to me {is} not irksome, and for you safe.

2 See to dogs, see to evil workmen, see to the concision.

3 For *we* are the circumcision, who worship by {the} Spirit of God, and boast in Christ Jesus, and do not trust in flesh.

4 Though *I* have {my} trust even in flesh; if any other think to trust in flesh, *I* rather:

5 as to circumcision, {I received it} the eighth day; of {the} race of Israel, of {the} tribe of Benjamin, Hebrew of Hebrews; as to {the} law, a Pharisee;

6 as to zeal, persecuting the assembly; as to righteousness which {is} in {the} law, found blameless;

7 but what things were gain to me these I counted, on account of Christ, loss.

8 But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;

9 and that I may be found in him, not having my righteousness, which {would be} on the principle of law, but that which is by faith of Christ, the righteousness which {is} of God through faith,

10 to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

11 if any way I arrive at the resurrection from among {the} dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained {the prize}, or am already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may get possession {of it}, seeing that also I have been taken possession of by Christ {Jesus}.

13 Brethren, *I* do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing-forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,

14 I pursue, {looking} towards {the} goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.

15 As many therefore as {are} perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.

16 But whereto we have attained, {let us} walk in the same steps.

17 Be imitators {all} together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;

18 (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 whose end {is} destruction, whose god {is} the belly, and {their} glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:)

20 for *our* commonwealth has its existence in {the} heavens, from which also we await the Lord Jesus Christ {as} Saviour,

21 who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of {the} power which he has even to subdue all things to himself.

1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision: 3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh: 4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless. 7 Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith: 10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; 11 if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you: 16 only, whereunto we have attained, by that same rule let us walk.

17 Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample. 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.