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Að endingu, bræður mínir, verið glaðir í Drottni. Ég tel ekki eftir mér að endurtaka það, sem ég hef skrifað, en yður er það til öryggis.

Gefið gætur að hundunum, gefið gætur að hinum vondu verkamönnum, gefið gætur að hinum sundurskornu.

Vér erum hinir umskornu, vér sem dýrkum Guð í anda hans og miklumst af Kristi Jesú og treystum ekki ytri yfirburðum,

jafnvel þótt ég hafi einnig þá ytri yfirburði, sem ég gæti treyst. Ef einhver annar þykist geta treyst ytri yfirburðum, þá get ég það fremur.

Ég var umskorinn á áttunda degi, af kyni Ísraels, ættkvísl Benjamíns, Hebrei af Hebreum, farísei í afstöðunni til lögmálsins,

svo ákafur, að ég ofsótti kirkjuna. Ef litið er á réttlætið, sem fæst með lögmálinu, var ég vammlaus.

En það, sem var mér ávinningur, met ég nú vera tjón sakir Krists.

Já, meira að segja met ég allt vera tjón hjá þeim yfirburðum að þekkja Krist Jesú, Drottin minn. Sakir hans hef ég misst allt og met það sem sorp, til þess að ég geti áunnið Krist

og reynst vera í honum. Nú á ég ekki eigið réttlæti, það er fæst af lögmáli, heldur það er fæst fyrir trú á Krist, réttlætið frá Guði með trúnni. _

10 Ég vil þekkja Krist og kraft upprisu hans og samfélag písla hans með því að mótast eftir honum í dauða hans.

11 Mætti mér auðnast að ná til upprisunnar frá dauðum.

12 Ekki er svo, að ég hafi þegar náð því eða sé þegar fullkominn. En ég keppi eftir því, ef ég skyldi geta höndlað það, með því að ég er höndlaður af Kristi Jesú.

13 Bræður, ekki tel ég sjálfan mig enn hafa höndlað það.

14 En eitt gjöri ég. Ég gleymi því, sem að baki er, en seilist eftir því, sem framundan er, og keppi þannig að markinu, til verðlaunanna á himnum, sem Guð hefur kallað oss til fyrir Krist Jesú.

15 Þetta hugarfar skulum vér því allir hafa, sem fullkomnir erum. Og ef þér hugsið í nokkru öðruvísi, þá mun Guð einnig opinbera yður þetta.

16 Fyrir alla muni skulum vér ganga þá götu, sem vér höfum komist á.

17 Bræður, breytið allir eftir mér og festið sjónir yðar á þeim, sem breyta eftir þeirri fyrirmynd, er vér höfum yður gefið.

18 Margir breyta, _ ég hef oft sagt yður það og nú segi ég það jafnvel grátandi _, eins og óvinir kross Krists.

19 Afdrif þeirra eru glötun. Guð þeirra er maginn, þeim þykir sómi að skömminni og þeir hafa hugann á jarðneskum munum.

20 En föðurland vort er á himni og frá himni væntum vér frelsarans, Drottins Jesú Krists.

21 Hann mun breyta veikum og forgengilegum líkama vorum og gjöra hann líkan dýrðarlíkama sínum. Því hann hefur kraftinn til að leggja allt undir sig.

No Confidence in the Flesh

Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,(A) and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs,(B) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision,(C) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(D) and who put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(E)

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised(F) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(G) of the tribe of Benjamin,(H) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(I) as for zeal,(J) persecuting the church;(K) as for righteousness based on the law,(L) faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(M) for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(N) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(O) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(P) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(Q) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(R) 10 I want to know(S) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(T) becoming like him in his death,(U) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(V) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(W) but I press on to take hold(X) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(Y) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(Z) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(AA) toward the goal to win the prize(AB) for which God has called(AC) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature(AD) should take such a view of things.(AE) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(AF) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

17 Join together in following my example,(AG) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(AH) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(AI) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(AJ) 19 Their destiny(AK) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(AL) and their glory is in their shame.(AM) Their mind is set on earthly things.(AN) 20 But our citizenship(AO) is in heaven.(AP) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(AQ) 21 who, by the power(AR) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(AS) so that they will be like his glorious body.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of

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.

Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision.

For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

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:

Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

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,

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:

10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

12 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.

13 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,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 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.

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

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 their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21 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.