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Being Acceptable to God
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|Filipenses 3:1| Finally, my dear friends, be glad that you belong to the Lord. It doesn't bother me to write the same things to you that I have written before. In fact, it is for your own good.
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|Filipenses 3:2| Watch out for those people who behave like dogs! They are evil and want to do more than just circumcise you.
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|Filipenses 3:3| But we are the ones who are truly circumcised, because we worship by the power of God's Spirit 8 and take pride in Christ Jesus. We don't brag about what we have done,
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|Filipenses 3:4| although I could. Others may brag about themselves, but I have more reason to brag than anyone else.
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|Filipenses 3:5| f I was circumcised when I was eight days old, 9 and I am from the nation of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin. I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses.
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|Filipenses 3:6| g And I was so eager I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God.
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|Filipenses 3:7| But Christ has shown me that what I once thought was valuable is worthless.
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|Filipenses 3:8| Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ
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|Filipenses 3:9| and to know that I belong to him. I could not make myself acceptable to God by obeying the Law of Moses. God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ.
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|Filipenses 3:10| All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did,
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