Be proud of the Lord’s holy name.\par You people came looking for the Lord.\par Be happy!\par
Philippians 3:3 - Easy To Read Version But we are the people who are truly circumcised. {\cf2\super [16]} We worship (serve) God through his Spirit. {\cf2\super [17]} We are proud to be in Christ Jesus. And we don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances– American Standard Version (1901) for we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh: Common English Bible We are the circumcision. We are the ones who serve by God’s Spirit and who boast in Christ Jesus. We don’t put our confidence in rituals performed on the body, Catholic Public Domain Version For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For we are the circumcision, who in spirit serve God; and glory in Christ Jesus, not having confidence in the flesh. |
Be proud of the Lord’s holy name.\par You people came looking for the Lord.\par Be happy!\par
The Lord will help the people of Israel do good, and the people will be very proud of their God.
Become the Lord’s people.\par Change your hearts! {\cf2\super [20]} \par Men of Judah and people of Jerusalem,\par if you don’t change,\par then I will become very angry.\par My anger will spread fast like a fire,\par and my anger will burn you up.\par And no person will be able to put out that fire.\par Why will this happen?\par Because of the evil things you have done.”\par
I am talking about the people of the nations of Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the people that live in the desert. The men in all those countries really were not circumcised in their bodies. But the people from the family of Israel were not circumcised in their hearts.”\par
“People all around the world respect my name. All around the world people bring good gifts to me. They burn good incense {\cf2\super [7]} as a gift to me. Why? Because my name is important to all those people.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
In the past, the law held us like prisoners. But our old selves died and we were made free from the law. So now we serve God in a new way, not in the old way with the written rules. Now we serve God in the new way with the Spirit. {\cf2\super [53]}
The Spirit {\cf2\super [65]} that we received is not a spirit that makes us slaves again and causes us to fear. The Spirit that we have makes us God’s chosen children. And with that Spirit we say, “Abba, {\cf2\super [66]} Father.”
\{Yes, I feel sorry for the Jewish people.\} I don’t mean that God failed to keep his promise to them. But only some of the people of Israel (the Jews) are truly God’s people. {\cf2\super [77]}
Many people are boasting about their lives in the world. So I will boast too.
Peace and mercy to the people who follow this rule—to all of God’s people.
Pray in the Spirit at all times. Pray with all kinds of prayers, and ask for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready. Never give up. Always pray for all God’s people.
The Lord your God will make you and your descendants want to obey him. [198] Then you will love the Lord with all your heart. And you will live!
I don’t mean that I am already exactly like God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach that goal and to make it mine. Christ wants me to do that. That is the reason Christ made me his.
I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize. That prize is mine because God called me through Christ to the life above.
In Christ you had a different kind of circumcision. {\cf2\super [9]} That circumcision was not done by the hands of any person. I mean you were made free from the power of your sinful self. That is the kind of circumcision Christ does.