Philippians 3 NKJV NLT Parallel

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1Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.

1Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your faith.

2Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!

2Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.

3For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,

3For we who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort,

4though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:

4though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!

5circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

5I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure-blooded citizen of Israel and a member of the tribe of Benjamin—a real Hebrew if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.

6concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

6I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the church. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.

7But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.

7I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.

8Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

8Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

9and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

10that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

10I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death,

11if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

11so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead! Pressing toward the Goal

12Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

12I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.

13Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

13No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,

14I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

14I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

15Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.

15Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.

16Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

16But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.

17Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.

17Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.

18For 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:

18For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ.

19whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things.

19They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.

20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

20But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior.

21who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.

21He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

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