1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.

2 Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision. 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice 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 thinks that he has 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; concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

7 However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ. 8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, 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 to his death, 11 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

13 Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken 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 for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.

17 Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example. 18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, 19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. 20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

1 Verder, my broeders, verbly julle in die Here. Dit is vir my nie lastig om dieselfde dinge aan julle te skrywe nie, en dit gee julle sekerheid.

2 Let op die honde; let op die slegte arbeiders; let op die versnyding.

3 Want ons is die besnydenis, ons wat God in die Gees dien en in Christus Jesus roem en nie op die vlees vertrou nie;

4 alhoewel ek rede het om ook te vertrou op die vlees. As iemand anders meen dat hy op die vlees kan vertrou, ek nog meer.

5 Ek is besny op die agtste dag, uit die geslag van Israel, uit die stam van Benjamin, 'n Hebreër uit die Hebreërs; wat die wet betref, 'n Fariseër;

6 wat ywer betref, 'n vervolger van die gemeente; wat die geregtigheid in die wet betref, onberispelik.

7 Maar wat vir my wins was, dit het ek om Christus wil skade geag.

8 Ja waarlik, ek ag ook alles skade om die uitnemendheid van die kennis van Christus Jesus, my Here, ter wille van wie ek alles prysgegee het en as drek beskou, om Christus as wins te verkry

9 en in Hom gevind te word, nie met my geregtigheid wat uit die wet is nie, maar met die wat deur die geloof in Christus is, die geregtigheid wat uit God is deur die geloof;

10 sodat ek Hom kan ken en die krag van sy opstanding en die gemeenskap aan sy lyde terwyl ek aan sy dood gelykvormig word,

11 of ek miskien die opstanding uit die dode kan bereik.

12 Nie dat ek dit al verkry het of al volmaak is nie, maar ek jaag daarna of ek dit ook kan gryp, omdat ek ook deur Christus Jesus gegryp is.

13 Broeders, ek reken nie dat ek dit self gegryp het nie.

14 Maar een ding: ek vergeet die dinge wat agter is en strek my uit na wat voor is, en jaag na die doel om die prys te verkry van die hoë roeping van God in Christus Jesus.

15 Laat ons almal dan wat volmaak is, so gesind wees; en as julle anders gesind is, sal God dit ook aan julle openbaar.

16 Maar wat ons reeds bereik het -- laat ons volgens dieselfde reël wandel, laat ons eensgesind wees.

17 Wees ook my navolgers, broeders, en let op die wat so wandel soos julle ons tot voorbeeld het.

18 Want baie -- van wie ek julle dit dikwels gesê het en nou ook onder trane sê -- wandel as vyande van die kruis van Christus.

19 Hulle einde is die verderf, hulle god is die buik en hulle eer is in hulle skande; hulle bedink aardse dinge.

20 Want ons burgerskap is in die hemele, van waar ons ook as Verlosser verwag die Here Jesus Christus,

21 wat ons vernederde liggaam van gedaante sal verander, om gelykvormig te word aan sy verheerlikte liggaam volgens die werking waardeur Hy ook alles aan Homself kan onderwerp.