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Philippians 3

The Goal of Life

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Finally, my brethren,  arejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

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Beware of the  adogs, beware of the  bevil workers, beware of the  1false circumcision;

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for  awe are the true  1circumcision, who  bworship in the Spirit of God and  cglory in  dChrist Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh,

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although  aI myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more:

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 acircumcised the eighth day, of the  bnation of Israel, of the  ctribe of Benjamin, a  bHebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law,  da Pharisee;

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as to zeal,  aa persecutor of the church; as to the  brighteousness which is in the Law, found  cblameless.

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But  awhatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.

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More than that, I count all things to be loss  1in view of the surpassing value of  2 aknowing  bChrist Jesus my Lord,  1for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,

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and may be found in Him, not having  aa righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ,  bthe righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

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that I may  aknow Him and  bthe power of His resurrection and  1 cthe fellowship of His sufferings, being  dconformed to His death;

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 1in order that I may  aattain to the resurrection from the dead.

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Not that I have already  aobtained it or have already  bbecome perfect, but I press on  1so that I may  clay hold of that  2for which also I  dwas laid hold of by  eChrist Jesus.

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Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do:  aforgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

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I  apress on toward the goal for the prize of the  bupward call of God in  cChrist Jesus.

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Let us therefore, as many as are  1 aperfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a  bdifferent attitude,  cGod will reveal that also to you;

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however, let us keep  1 aliving by that same standard to which we have attained.

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Brethren,  ajoin in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the  bpattern you have in us.

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For  amany walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even  bweeping, that they are enemies of  cthe cross of Christ,

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whose end is destruction, whose god is their  1 aappetite, and whose  bglory is in their shame, who  cset their minds on earthly things.

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For  aour  1citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly  bwait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

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who will  atransform  1the body of our humble state into  bconformity with  2the  cbody of His glory,  dby the exertion of the power that He has even to  esubject all things to Himself.



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