Philippians 3
Pressing toward the
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Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the
Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not
grievous, but for you it is safe.
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Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers,
beware of the concision.
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For we are the circumcision, which
worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no
confidence in the flesh.
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Though I might also have confidence in
the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might
trust in the flesh, I more:
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circumcised the eighth day, of the stock
of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, Rom. 11.1 a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; Acts
23.6 ; 26.5
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concerning zeal, persecuting the church; Acts
8.3 ; 22.4 ; 26.9-11 touching the righteousness which is in the law,
blameless.
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But what things were gain to me, those I
counted loss for Christ.
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Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus
my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do
count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
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and be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by
faith:
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that I may know him, and the power of his
resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made
conformable unto his death;
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if by any means I might attain unto the
resurrection of the dead.
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Not as though I had already attained,
either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may
apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ
Jesus.
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Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which
are before.
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I press toward the mark for the prize of
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
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Let us therefore, as many as be perfect,
be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God
shall reveal even this unto you.
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Nevertheless, whereto we have already
attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same
thing.
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Brethren, be followers together of me, 1
Cor. 4.16 ; 11.1 and
mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
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(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:
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whose end is destruction, whose
God is their belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things.)
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For our conversation is in heaven; from
whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ:
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who shall change our vile body, that it
may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the
working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto
himself.
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