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1. My brothers and sisters, be full of joy in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it will help you to be more ready.
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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 those who do evil, who are like dogs, who demand to cut the body.
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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. We are the ones who are truly circumcised. We worship God through his Spirit, and our pride is in Christ Jesus. We do not put trust in ourselves or anything we 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. although I might be able to put trust in myself. If anyone thinks he has a reason to trust in himself, he should know that I have greater reason for trusting in myself.
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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 was circumcised eight days after my birth. I am from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Hebrew, and my parents were Hebrews. I had a strict view of the law, which is why I became a Pharisee.
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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 was so enthusiastic I tried to hurt the church. No one could find fault with the way I obeyed the law of Moses.
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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. Those things were important to me, but now I think they are worth nothing because of 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. Not only those things, but I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him, I have lost all those things, and now I know they are worthless trash. This allows me to 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. and to belong to him. Now I am right with God, not because I followed the law, but because I believed in Christ. God uses my faith to make me right with him.
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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 Christ and the power that raised him from the dead. I want to share in his sufferings and become like him 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 have hope that I myself will be raised from 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 mean that I am already as God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal, but I continue trying to reach it and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that, which is the reason he made me his.
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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. Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. Forgetting the past and straining toward what is ahead,
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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. I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize for which God called me through Christ to the life above.
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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 spiritually mature should think this way, too. And if there are things you do not agree with, God will make them clear 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. But we should continue following the truth we already have.
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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. Brothers and sisters, all of you should try to follow my example and to copy those who live the way we showed you.
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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. Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ. I have often told you about them, and it makes me cry to tell you about them now.
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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. In the end, they will be destroyed. They do whatever their bodies want, they are proud of their shameful acts, and they think only about earthly things.
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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 our homeland is in heaven, and we are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.
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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. By his power to rule all things, he will change our simple bodies and make them like his own glorious body.
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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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