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.