selected verses from chapter 3

Philippians 3 

7 I once thought these things were valuable,

(dan note: Paul is talking about when he was a Pharisee) 

but now I consider them worthless 

because of what Christ has done. 

8 Yes, everything else is worthless 

when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. 

For his sake I have discarded everything else, 

counting it all as garbage, 

so that I could gain Christ 

9 and become one with him. 

I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; 

rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. 

For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. 

10 I want to know Christ 

and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead.

13b ...but I focus on this one thing: 

Forgetting the past 

and looking forward to what lies ahead, 

14 I press on to reach the end of the race 

and receive the heavenly prize 

for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

20 But we are citizens of heaven, 

where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. 

And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. 

21 He will take our weak mortal bodies 

and change them into glorious bodies like his own, 

using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.