IV.
Pursuing Christ to gain Him
3:1-21
A.
Serving by the Spirit and not trusting in the flesh
vv. 1-6
Phil. 3
:1
3:1
Finally, my brothers,
arejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, for me it is not
1irksome, but for you it is
2safe.
Phil. 3
:2
3:2
1Beware of the
adogs, beware of the evil
bworkers, beware of the
2cconcision.
Phil. 3
:3
3:3
For we are the
1acircumcision, the ones who
2serve by the Spirit of God and
bboast in Christ Jesus and
3have no confidence in the
4cflesh,
Phil. 3
:4
3:4
Though I myself have
something to be confident of in the
aflesh as well. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I more:
Phil. 3
:5
3:5
Circumcised the
1aeighth day; of the
2brace of Israel, of the
3tribe of Benjamin, a
4cHebrew born of Hebrews; as to the
5dlaw, a
6ePharisee;
Phil. 3
:6
3:6
As to
1azeal,
bpersecuting the church; as to the
crighteousness which is in the law, become
2dblameless.
B.
Counting all things loss on account of Christ
vv. 7-11
Phil. 3
:7
3:7
1But what
2things were gains to me, these I have counted as
3loss 4on account of Christ.
Phil. 3
:8
3:8
1But moreover I
2also count
aall things to be loss on account of the
3excellency of the
bknowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord,
4on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count
them as
5refuse that I may
6cgain Christ
Phil. 3
:9
3:9
And be
1found in Him,
2not having my own
arighteousness which is
3out of the law, but that which is through
4bfaith in Christ, the
5crighteousness which is out of God
and 6based on faith,
Phil. 3
:10
3:10
To 1aknow Him and the
2bpower of His resurrection and the
3cfellowship of His sufferings, being
4dconformed to His death,
Phil. 3
:11
3:11
If perhaps I may
1attain to the
2aout-resurrection from the dead.
C.
Gaining Christ by pursuing Him
vv. 12-16
Phil. 3
:12
3:12
1Not that I
2have already
aobtained or
3am already
4bperfected, but I
5cpursue, if even I may
6lay hold of
7that for which
dI also have been
8laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Phil. 3
:13
3:13
Brothers, I do
1not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing
I do: 2Forgetting the things which are
abehind and
3stretching forward to the things which are before,
Phil. 3
:14
3:14
I 1apursue toward the
2goal for the
3bprize to which God in Christ Jesus has
4ccalled me upward.
Phil. 3
:15
3:15
Let us therefore, as many as are
1afull-grown, have
2bthis mind; and if in anything you are
cotherwise minded, this also God will
3dreveal to you.
Phil. 3
:16
3:16
1Nevertheless 2whereunto we have attained, by the
3same rule let us
4awalk.
D.
Awaiting Christ for the transfiguration of the body
vv. 17-21
Phil. 3
:17
3:17
Be aimitators together of me, brothers, and observe those who thus walk even as you have us as a
bpattern.
Phil. 3
:18
3:18
For 1many walk, of whom I have told you often and now tell you even
aweeping,
that they are the enemies of the
2bcross of Christ,
Phil. 3
:19
3:19
1Whose end is
adestruction, whose god is their
bstomach, and
whose glory is in their
cshame, who
dset their minds on
2earthly things.
Phil. 3
:20
3:20
For our
1acommonwealth exists in the
2bheavens, from which also we eagerly
cawait a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Phil. 3
:21
3:21
Who will
1atransfigure the
2bbody of our humiliation to be
cconformed to the
3body of His
dglory,
4according to His operation by which He is able even to
esubject all things to Himself.
