Filipenses 3

1No restante, meus irmãos, alegrai-vos no Senhor. Não me é incômodo escrever as mesmas coisas, e isso é para a vossa segurança. 2Cuidado com os cães! Cuidado com os que operam o mal! Cuidado com a mutilação! 3Pois a circuncisão somos nós, que servimos a Deus pelo Espírito, orgulhamo-nos em Cristo Jesus, e não confiamos na carne. 4Embora eu também tenho como confiar na carne. Se outro alguém pensa que pode confiar na carne, ainda mais eu: 5circuncidado ao oitavo dia, da descendência de Israel, da tribo de Benjamim, hebreu de hebreus; segundo a lei, fariseu; 6segundo o zelo, perseguidor da Igreja; segundo a justiça que há na lei, irrepreensível. 7Mas o que para mim era ganho considerei como perda, por causa de Cristo. 8E, na verdade, considero também todas as coisas como perda, por causa da superioridade de conhecer a Cristo Jesus, meu Senhor. Por ele aceitei perder todas essas coisas, e as considero como dejetos, a fim de que eu possa ganhar a Cristo; 9e que eu seja achado nele, não tendo a minha justiça proveniente da Lei, mas sim a que é pela fé em Cristo, a justiça da parte de Deus pela fé; 10para eu conhecer a ele, assim como o poder de sua ressurreição e a comunhão em seus sofrimentos, tornando-me conforme a ele em sua morte; 11para que, de alguma maneira, eu alcance a ressurreição dos mortos. 12Não que eu já a tenha obtido, ou que já seja perfeito; mas sigo a fim de alcançar aquilo para o qual eu também fui alcançado por Cristo Jesus. 13Irmãos, não considero como se já tivesse a obtido; mas uma coisa faço : esqueço as coisas que ficam para trás, e avanço para as que estão adiante, 14e assim persigo o alvo, rumo ao prêmio do chamado de cima, de Deus em Cristo Jesus. 15Por isso, todos nós que somos maduros, tenhamos essa mesma mentalidade; e se em algo pensais de maneira diferente, Deus também vos revelará isso. 16Porém andemos conforme aquilo a que já chegamos. 17Sede meus imitadores, irmãos, e observai atentamente os que assim andam, como o exemplo que tendes em nós; 18pois, como muitas vezes eu vos disse, e agora também digo chorando, muitos andam como inimigos da cruz de Cristo. 19O fim deles é a perdição. O Deus deles é o ventre, e têm orgulho do que deviam se envergonhar. Eles se importam mais com as coisas terrenas. 20Mas nós somos cidadãos dos céus, de onde também esperamos um Salvador, o Senhor Jesus Cristo. 21Ele transformará o nosso degradante corpo, para que seja conforme o seu corpo glorioso, segundo a operação do seu poder de sujeitar para si todas as coisas.

1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe. 2Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision. 3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; 4though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more: 5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless. 7However, what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 8Yes most certainly, 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 count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; 10that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death; 11if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you. 16Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind. 17Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example. 18For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 19whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. 20For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

1Voorts, mijn broeders, verblijdt u in den Heere. Dezelfde dingen aan u te schrijven, is mij niet verdrietig, en het is u zeker. 2Ziet op de honden, ziet op de kwade arbeiders, ziet op de versnijding. 3Want wij zijn de besnijding, wij, die God in den Geest dienen, en in Christus Jezus roemen, en niet in het vlees betrouwen. 4Hoewel ik heb, dat ik ook in het vlees betrouwen mocht; indien iemand anders meent te betrouwen in het vlees, ik nog meer; 5Besneden ten achtsten dage, uit het geslacht van Israel, van den stam van Benjamin, een Hebreer uit de Hebreen, naar de wet een Farizeer; 6Naar den ijver een vervolger der Gemeente; naar de rechtvaardigheid, die in de wet is, zijnde onberispelijk. 7Maar hetgeen mij gewin was, dat heb ik om Christus' wil schade geacht. 8Ja, gewisselijk, ik acht ook alle dingen schade te zijn, om de uitnemendheid der kennis van Christus Jezus, mijn Heere; om Wiens wil ik al die dingen schade gerekend heb, en acht die drek te zijn, opdat ik Christus moge gewinnen. 9En in Hem gevonden worde, niet hebbende mijn rechtvaardigheid, die uit de wet is, maar die door het geloof van Christus is, namelijk de rechtvaardigheid, die uit God is door het geloof; 10Opdat ik Hem kenne, en de kracht Zijner opstanding, en de gemeenschap Zijns lijdens, Zijn dood gelijkvormig wordende; 11Of ik enigszins moge komen tot de wederopstanding der doden. 12Niet dat ik het alrede gekregen heb, of alrede volmaakt ben; maar ik jaag er naar, of ik het ook grijpen mocht, waartoe ik van Christus Jezus ook gegrepen ben. 13Broeders, ik acht niet, dat ik zelf het gegrepen heb. 14Maar een ding doe ik, vergetende, hetgeen achter is, en strekkende mij tot hetgeen voor is, jaag ik naar het wit, tot den prijs der roeping Gods, die van boven is in Christus Jezus. 15Zovelen dan als wij volmaakt zijn, laat ons dit gevoelen; en indien gij iets anderszins gevoelt, ook dat zal u God openbaren. 16Doch, daar wij toe gekomen zijn, laat ons daarin naar denzelfden regel wandelen, laat ons hetzelfde gevoelen. 17Weest mede mijn navolgers, broeders, en merkt op degenen, die alzo wandelen, gelijk gij ons tot een voorbeeld hebt. 18Want velen wandelen anders; van dewelken ik u dikmaals gezegd heb, en nu ook wenende zeg, dat zij vijanden des kruises van Christus zijn; 19Welker einde is het verderf, welker God is de buik, en welker heerlijkheid is in hun schande, dewelken aardse dingen bedenken. 20Maar onze wandel is in de hemelen, waaruit wij ook den Zaligmaker verwachten, namelijk den Heere Jezus Christus; 21Die ons vernederd lichaam veranderen zal, opdat hetzelve gelijkvormig worde aan Zijn heerlijk lichaam, naar de werking, waardoor Hij ook alle dingen Zichzelven kan onderwerpen.