1 Therefore rejoice in the Lord, brethren. It doesn’t bother me to write these things over and over again. These will help you to be more prepared.
Philippians 3: 1

2 Beware of those who commit adultery. They are like dogs. They ask for the body to be cut off.
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3 But we are the people who are truly circumcised. We worship God through his Spirit and put our faith in Christ Jesus instead of in ourselves.
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4 Though I may put my trust in myself, yet I do not. If anyone thinks he can put his trust in himself, then I have more reasons to put my trust in him.
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5 I was circumcised on the eighth day. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am a Jew and my parents were Jewish. The law of Moses was very important to me, so I became a Pharisee.
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6 I was very zealous about my Judaism. So I punished the church. I carefully obeyed the law of Moses and found no fault in anyone obeying my law.
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7 But all things which were once important to me, these I declare to be vain in Christ.
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8 For even greater things I owe to this day, because of the excellency of our Lord Jesus Christ. That is why I have given up everything. And I have come to regard all things as false, so that I may have Christ.
Philippians 3: 8

9 It helps me to be in Christ and to be righteous. This righteousness does not come from obeying the law, but from God through faith. God justifies me through my faith in Christ.
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10 What I want to know is Christ and the power that raised him from the dead. I want to be a partaker of Christ’s sufferings and be like him in his death.
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11 So I hope that somehow I can be one of those who are raised from the dead.
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