Philippians , from Wuest Expanded Greek New Testament:
Philippians 3:4ff
"Although as for myself, I [as a Jew] could be having confidence also in the flesh. If, as is the cse, anyone else presumes to have come to a settled persuasion, trusting in the flesh, I could occupy that place, and with more reason;
eight days old in circumcision, my origin form Israelitish stock, belonging to the trive of Benjamin, a Hebrew from true Hebrew parents [i.e.m, not a Hellenist], with reference to the LAW, a Pharisee, with regard to zeal, persecuting the Church, with reference to that kind of righteousness which IS IN THE LAW, become BLAMELESS.
But whatever things were to me a gainful asset, these things I have considered a loss when it comes to my acquisition of Christ, and still so consider them. Yes, indeed, therefore, at least, even I am still setting all things down to be a loss for the sake of that which excels all others, my knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord which I have gained through experience, for whose sake I have been caused TO FORFEIT ALL THINGS, and I AM STILL COUNTING THEM DUNG, in order that Christ I might gain, yes, in order that I might in the observation of others be discovered BY THEM to BE IN HIM, not having as my righteousness that righteousness which is of the LAW, but that righteousness which is through FAITH IN CHRIST, that righteousness which is FROM GOD ON THE BASIS OF FAITH, Yes, for His sake I
have been caused TO FORFEIT ALL THINGS, and I count them but dung, in order that I might come to know Him in an experiential way, and to come to know experientially the power of His resurrection and a joint=participation in His sufferings, being brought to the place where my life will radiate a likeness to His death, if by any means I might arrive at the goal, namely, the out-resurrection from among those who are dead.
Not that I already made acquistion or that I have now already been brought to that place of absolute spiritual maturity beyond which there is no progress, but I am pursuing onward if I may lay hold of that for which I have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
Brethren, as for myself, as I look back upon my life and calmly draw a conclusion, I am not counting myself yet as one who has in an absolute and complete way laid hold [of that for which I have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus]; but one thing:
I, in fact, am forgetting completely the things that are behind, and am stretching forward to the things that are in front; bearing down upon the goal, I am pursuing on for the prize of the call from above of God which is in Christ Jesus.
As many therefore AS ARE SPIRITUALLY MATURE [in a relative sense], let us be constantly of this mind. And if , AS IS THE CASE, in anything you are differently minded, and that, in an evil sense, this also will God reveal to you. Only one thing, so far as we have come,
let us keep our lives in the same path. Become imitators of me, brethren, and observe attentively those who conduct themselves in a manner which reflects the example which you have in us, for many are going about, concerning whom I OFTEN HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU, but now also
TELL YOU WEEPING, the enemies [they are]of the Cross of the Christ, whose
END IS UTTER DESTRUCTION, whose god is their stomach,
and that which they esteem to be their glory is their shame, who 'regard the things'* upon the earth.
*(have not given them up)
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