Pay attention to how you listen, for to the person who [already] has something, [more] will be given, but from the person who has [virtually] nothing, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Philippians 3:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) However I, myself, have [reasons for such] confidence in the flesh. [But] if any other person has [reasons for placing] confidence in the flesh, I have more [reasons]. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though for myself I have [at least grounds] to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more! American Standard Version (1901) though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh: if any other man thinketh to have confidence in the flesh, I yet more: Common English Bible though I have good reason to have this kind of confidence. If anyone else has reason to put their confidence in physical advantages, I have even more: Catholic Public Domain Version Nevertheless, I might have confidence also in the flesh, for if anyone else seems to have confidence in the flesh, more so do I. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other thinketh he may have confidence in the flesh, I more, |
Pay attention to how you listen, for to the person who [already] has something, [more] will be given, but from the person who has [virtually] nothing, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
So, from now on we will not regard any person by worldly standards, even though we [once] regarded Christ that way. But we will not regard Him [that way] anymore. [Note: Paul seems to be saying that before his conversion he viewed Christ on the basis of His family, His education, His position, etc., but since his conversion he does not view Him that way anymore].
Although we are Jews by natural birth, and not sinful Gentiles [who do not have a relationship with God],