1 Quanto ao mais, irmãos meus, alegrai-vos no Senhor. A mim, não me desgosta e é segurança para vós outros que eu escreva as mesmas coisas.

2 Acautelai-vos dos cães! Acautelai-vos dos maus obreiros! Acautelai-vos da falsa circuncisão! 3 Porque nós é que somos a circuncisão, nós que adoramos a Deus no Espírito, e nos gloriamos em Cristo Jesus, e não confiamos na carne. 4 Bem que eu poderia confiar também na carne. Se qualquer outro pensa que pode confiar na carne, eu ainda mais: 5 circuncidado ao oitavo dia, da linhagem de Israel, da tribo de Benjamim, hebreu de hebreus; quanto à lei, fariseu, 6 quanto ao zelo, perseguidor da igreja; quanto à justiça que há na lei, irrepreensível. 7 Mas o que, para mim, era lucro, isto considerei perda por causa de Cristo. 8 Sim, deveras considero tudo como perda, por causa da sublimidade do conhecimento de Cristo Jesus, meu Senhor; por amor do qual perdi todas as coisas e as considero como refugo, para ganhar a Cristo 9 e ser achado nele, não tendo justiça própria, que procede de lei, senão a que é mediante a fé em Cristo, a justiça que procede de Deus, baseada na fé; 10 para o conhecer, e o poder da sua ressurreição, e a comunhão dos seus sofrimentos, conformando-me com ele na sua morte; 11 para, de algum modo, alcançar a ressurreição dentre os mortos.

12 Não que eu o tenha já recebido ou tenha já obtido a perfeição; mas prossigo para conquistar aquilo para o que também fui conquistado por Cristo Jesus. 13 Irmãos, quanto a mim, não julgo havê-lo alcançado; mas uma coisa faço: esquecendo-me das coisas que para trás ficam e avançando para as que diante de mim estão, 14 prossigo para o alvo, para o prêmio da soberana vocação de Deus em Cristo Jesus. 15 Todos, pois, que somos perfeitos, tenhamos este sentimento; e, se, porventura, pensais doutro modo, também isto Deus vos esclarecerá. 16 Todavia, andemos de acordo com o que já alcançamos.

17 Irmãos, sede imitadores meus e observai os que andam segundo o modelo que tendes em nós. 18 Pois muitos andam entre nós, dos quais, repetidas vezes, eu vos dizia e, agora, vos digo, até chorando, que são inimigos da cruz de Cristo. 19 O destino deles é a perdição, o deus deles é o ventre, e a glória deles está na sua infâmia, visto que só se preocupam com as coisas terrenas. 20 Pois a nossa pátria está nos céus, de onde também aguardamos o Salvador, o Senhor Jesus Cristo, 21 o qual transformará o nosso corpo de humilhação, para ser igual ao corpo da sua glória, segundo a eficácia do poder que ele tem de até subordinar a si todas as coisas.

1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not irksome, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the concision: 3 for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh: 4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 as touching zeal, persecuting the church; as touching the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless. 7 Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea verily, 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 do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, even that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith: 10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; 11 if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you: 16 only, whereunto we have attained, by that same rule let us walk.

17 Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample. 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.

1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.

3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh —

4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:

5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;

6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in "Christ —the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

10 I want to know Christ —yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

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 and straining toward what is ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.

16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.

18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.

20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.