[3:1] Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
[3:2] Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
[3:3] For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
[3:4] though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
[3:5] circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
[3:6] as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
[3:7] But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
[3:8] Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
[3:9] and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
[3:10] that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
[3:11] that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.