| 3:3 |
For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh. |
| 3:4 |
Nevertheless, I might have confidence also in the flesh, for if anyone else seems to have confidence in the flesh, more so do I. |
| 3:5 |
For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee; |
| 3:6 |
according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame. |
| 3:7 |
But the things which had been to my gain, the same have I considered a loss, for the sake of Christ. |
| 3:8 |
Yet truly, I consider everything to be a loss, because of the preeminent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of everything, considering it all to be like dung, so that I may gain Christ, |
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