^{1 Ref} 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 Ref} Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision:

^{3 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

^{7 Ref} Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

^{8 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

^{11 Ref} if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.

^{12 Ref} 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 Ref} Brethren, I could 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 Ref} I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

^{15 Ref} 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 Ref} only, whereunto we have attained, by that same `rule' let us walk.

^{17 Ref} Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

^{18 Ref} 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 Ref} whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and `whose' glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

^{20 Ref} For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

^{21 Ref} 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.

^{1 Ref} For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

^{2 Ref} Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

^{3 Ref} For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

^{4 Ref} Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

^{5 Ref} Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:

^{6 Ref} In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

^{7 Ref} But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

^{8 Ref} Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

^{9 Ref} And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

^{10 Ref} That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

^{11 Ref} If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

^{12 Ref} Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

^{13 Ref} Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

^{14 Ref} I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

^{15 Ref} Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

^{16 Ref} Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

^{17 Ref} Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.

^{18 Ref} For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;

^{19 Ref} Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

^{20 Ref} For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

^{21 Ref} By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.