New American Standard Bible 1995

Philippians 3:4-9

4although 1I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: 5 2circumcised the eighth day, of the 3nation of Israel, of the 4tribe of Benjamin, a 5Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, 6a Pharisee; 6as to zeal, 7a persecutor of the church; as to the 8righteousness which is in the Law, found 9blameless.

7But 10whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8More than that, I count all things to be loss 11in view of the surpassing value of 12 13knowing 14Christ Jesus my Lord, 15for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, 9and may be found in Him, not having 16a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, 17the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith,

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Notes

1. Philippians 3:4 2 Cor 5:16; 11:18 ↩
2. Philippians 3:5 Luke 1:59 ↩
3. Philippians 3:5 Rom 11:1; 2 Cor 11:22 ↩
4. Philippians 3:5 Rom 11:1 ↩
5. Philippians 3:5 Rom 11:1; 2 Cor 11:22 ↩
6. Philippians 3:5 Acts 22:3; 23:6; 26:5 ↩
7. Philippians 3:6 Acts 8:3; 22:4, 5; 26:9-11 ↩
8. Philippians 3:6 Phil 3:9 ↩
9. Philippians 3:6 Phil 2:15 ↩
10. Philippians 3:7 Luke 14:33 ↩
11. Philippians 3:8 Lit because of ↩
12. Philippians 3:8 Lit the knowledge of ↩
13. Philippians 3:8 Jer 9:23f; John 17:3; Eph 4:13; Phil 3:10; 2 Pet 1:3 ↩
14. Philippians 3:8 Rom 8:39; Phil 1:1; 3:12 ↩
15. Philippians 3:8 Lit because of ↩
16. Philippians 3:9 Rom 10:5; Phil 3:6 ↩
17. Philippians 3:9 Rom 9:30; 1 Cor 1:30 ↩

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