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1. So now, my Christian brothers, be happy because you belong to Christ. It is not hard for me to write the same things to you. It is good for you.
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1. Finally G3063 , my G3450 brethren G80 , rejoice G5463 in G1722 the Lord G2962 . To write G1125 the G3588 same things G846 to you G5213 , to me G1698 indeed G3303 is not G3756 grievous G3636 , but G1161 for you G5213 it is safe G804 .
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2. Watch out for false teachers. Watch out for sinful men. They want you to depend on the religious act of becoming a Jew for your hope.
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2. Beware G991 of dogs G2965 , beware G991 of evil G2556 workers G2040 , beware G991 of the G3588 concision G2699 .
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3. The act of becoming a Jew has nothing to do with us becoming Christians. We worship God through His Spirit and are proud of Jesus Christ. We have no faith in what we ourselves can do.
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3. For G1063 we G2249 are G2070 the G3588 circumcision G4061 , which worship G3000 God G2316 in the spirit G4151 , and G2532 rejoice G2744 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 , and G2532 have no confidence G3982 G3756 in G1722 the flesh G4561 .
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4. I could have reason to trust in the flesh. If anyone could feel that the flesh could do something for him, I could.
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4. Though G2539 I G1473 might also G2532 have G2192 confidence G4006 in G1722 the flesh G4561 . If any G1536 other man G243 thinketh G1380 that he hath whereof he might trust G3982 in G1722 the flesh G4561 , I G1473 more G3123 :
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5. I went through the religious act of becoming a Jew when I was eight days old. I was born a Jew and came from the family group of Benjamin. I was a Jewish son of Jewish parents. I belonged to the group of the proud religious law-keepers.
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5. Circumcised G4061 the eighth day G3637 , of G1537 the stock G1085 of Israel G2474 , of the tribe G5443 of Benjamin G958 , a Hebrew G1445 of G1537 the Hebrews G1445 ; as touching G2596 the law G3551 , a Pharisee G5330 ;
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6. I followed my religion with all my heart and did everything I could to make it hard for the church. No one could say anything against the way I obeyed the Law.
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6. Concerning G2596 zeal G2205 , persecuting G1377 the G3588 church G1577 ; touching G2596 the righteousness G1343 which G3588 is in G1722 the law G3551 , blameless G273 .
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7. But I gave up those things that were so important to me for Christ.
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7. But G235 what things G3748 were G2258 gain G2771 to me G3427 , those G5023 I counted G2233 loss G2209 for G1223 Christ G5547 .
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8. Even more than that, I think of everything as worth nothing. It is so much better to know Christ Jesus my Lord. I have lost everything for Him. And I think of these things as worth nothing so that I can have Christ.
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8. Yea G235 doubtless G3304 , and G2532 I count G2233 all things G3956 but G1511 loss G2209 for G1223 the G3588 excellency G5242 of the G3588 knowledge G1108 of Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 my G3450 Lord G2962 : for G1223 whom G3739 I have suffered the loss G2210 of all things G3956 , and G2532 do count G2233 them G1511 but dung G4657 , that G2443 I may win G2770 Christ G5547 ,
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9. I want to be as one with Him. I could not be right with God by what the Law said I must do. I was made right with God by faith in Christ.
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9. And G2532 be found G2147 in G1722 him G846 , not G3361 having G2192 mine own G1699 righteousness G1343 , which G3588 is of G1537 the law G3551 , but G235 that G3588 which is through G1223 the faith G4102 of Christ G5547 , the G3588 righteousness G1343 which is of G1537 God G2316 by G1909 faith G4102 :
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10. I want to know Him. I want to have the same power in my life that raised Jesus from the dead. I want to understand and have a share in His sufferings and be like Christ in His death.
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10. That I may know G1097 him G846 , and G2532 the G3588 power G1411 of his G846 resurrection G386 , and G2532 the G3588 fellowship G2842 of his G846 sufferings G3804 , being made conformable G4833 unto his G846 death G2288 ;
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11. Then I may be raised up from among the dead.
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11. If by any means G1513 I might attain G2658 unto G1519 the G3588 resurrection G1815 of the G3588 dead G3498 .
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12. I do not say that I have received this or have already become perfect. But I keep going on to make that life my own as Christ Jesus made me His own.
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12. Not G3756 as though G3754 I had already G2235 attained G2983 , either G2228 were already perfect G5048 G2235 : but G1161 I follow after G1377 , if that G1499 I may apprehend G2638 that for G1909 which G3739 also G2532 I am apprehended G2638 of G5259 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 .
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13. No, Christian brothers, I do not have that life yet. But I do one thing. I forget everything that is behind me and look forward to that which is ahead of me.
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13. Brethren G80 , I G1473 count G3049 not G3756 myself G1683 to have apprehended G2638 : but G1161 this one thing G1520 I do, forgetting G1950 those things which are behind G3694 G3303 , and G1161 reaching forth G1901 unto those things which are before G1715 ,
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14. My eyes are on the prize. I want to win the race and get the prize of God's call from heaven through Christ Jesus.
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14. I press G1377 toward G2596 the mark G4649 for G1909 the G3588 prize G1017 of the G3588 high G507 calling G2821 of God G2316 in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 .
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15. All of us who are full-grown Christians should think this way. If you do not think this way, God will show it to you.
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15. Let us therefore G3767 , as many as G3745 be perfect G5046 , be thus minded G5426 G5124 : and G2532 if in any thing G1536 ye be otherwise minded G5426 G2088 , God G2316 shall reveal G601 even G2532 this G5124 unto you G5213 .
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16. So let us keep on obeying the same truth we have already been following.
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16. Nevertheless G4133 , whereto G1519 G3739 we have already attained G5348 , let us walk G4748 by the G3588 same G846 rule G2583 , let us mind G5426 the G3588 same thing G846 .
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17. Christian brothers, live your lives as I have lived mine. Watch those who live as I have taught you to live.
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17. Brethren G80 , be G1096 followers together G4831 of me G3450 , and G2532 mark G4648 them which walk G4043 so G3779 as G2531 ye have G2192 us G2248 for an example G5179 .
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18. There are many whose lives show they hate the cross of Christ. I have told you this before. Now I tell you again with tears in my eyes.
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18. ( For G1063 many G4183 walk G4043 , of whom G3739 I have told G3004 you G5213 often G4178 , and G1161 now G3568 tell G3004 you even G2532 weeping G2799 , that they are the G3588 enemies G2190 of the G3588 cross G4716 of Christ G5547 :
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19. Their god is their stomach. They take pride in things they should be ashamed of. All they think about are the things of this world. In the end they will be destroyed.
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19. Whose G3739 end G5056 is destruction G684 , whose G3739 God G2316 is their belly G2836 , and G2532 whose glory G1391 is in G1722 their G846 shame G152 , who mind G5426 earthly things G1919 .)
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20. But we are citizens of heaven. Christ, the One Who saves from the punishment of sin, will be coming down from heaven again. We are waiting for Him to return.
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20. For G1063 our G2257 conversation G4175 is G5225 in G1722 heaven G3772 ; from G1537 whence G3739 also G2532 we look for G553 the Savior G4990 , the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 :
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21. He will change these bodies of ours of the earth and make them new. He will make them like His body of shining-greatness. He has the power to do this because He can make all things obey Him.
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21. Who G3739 shall change G3345 our G2257 vile G5014 body G4983 , that it G846 may be fashioned G1096 like unto G4832 his G846 glorious G1391 body G4983 , according G2596 to the G3588 working G1753 whereby G3588 he G846 is able G1410 even G2532 to subdue G5293 all things G3956 unto himself G1438 .
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