1, my and sisters, rejoice in the . To write the same things again is no trouble for me, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 of the dogs, of the evil , of the false circumcision; 3for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the of God and take pride in , and put no confidence in the flesh, 4although I myself could as having even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he is in the flesh, I have more reason: 5circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of , a Hebrew of ; as to the Law, a ; 6as to zeal, a persecutor of the ; as to the which is in the Law, found blameless. 7But things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of . 8More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the value of my , for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain , 9and may be found in Him, not having a of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in , the which comes from on the basis of faith, 10that I may know Him and the power of His and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His ; 11if somehow I may attain to the from the dead. 12Not that I have grasped it all or have become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that for which I was even taken hold of by . 13 and , I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: what lies behind and forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in . 15Therefore, all who are mature, let’s have this ; and if in you have a different , will reveal that to you as well; 16however, let’s keep living by that same to which we have . 17 and , join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. 18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I weep, that they are the enemies of the of , 19whose end is , whose is their appetite, and whose is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things. 20For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord ; 21who will the body of our lowly into with His glorious body, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.