Philippians 3
3
1As to the rest, Achim b'Moshiach of mine, have simcha in Adoneinu.#3:1 1:25; 2:18,28,29; 4:4 To keep writing the zelba thing#3:1 1:4,18; 1:25; 2:2,17,18,28,29 to you is not an irksome bother to me, but for you it is a te'udat bitachon (safeguard).
2Be shomer and on your guard and watch out for those#3:2 unclean, prowling kelevim (dogs),#3:2 Ps 22:17 [16], 20; Rv 22:15 watch out for the evil po'alim (workers), watch out for the “circummutilators”.#3:2 Ga 6:12
3For we are the Bnei HaMilah,#3:3 Ro 2:29; Co 2:11-12 the ones whose avodas kodesh is by the Ruach Hakodesh#3:3 Jn 4:23; Ro 8:4 and whose kavod is in Moshiach Yehoshua and who take no bitachon in the basar,
4Even though I could be having bitachon also in the basar. If any other person thinks he has grounds to have bitachon in the basar, I have more:#3:4 2C 11:18—12:10
5Bris milah on the eighth day;#3:5 Lk 1:59; 2:21 from Bnei Yisroel by birth; of the tribe of Binyamin; a speaker of Lashon HaKodesh, Ivrit of Ivrit-speaking horim, a Hebrew of Hebrews;#3:5 2C 11:22 with regard to the Torah, from the kat haPerushim;#3:5 Ac 23:6; 26:5
6With regard to kin'a (zealousness), persecuting the Adat HaMoshiach;#3:6 Ac 8:3; 22:4; 26:9-11 with regard to tzidkat HaTorah,#3:6 3:9; Ro 2:27-29, as opposed to the tzidkat Hashem I was medakdekim bmitzvot unreproachable.#3:6 i.e., hair-splittingly and rigorously observant, glatt kosher, frumkait, shomer mitzvot Haredi
7But what things were revach (gain, profit) to me, these things I considered loss, on account of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.#3:7 Mt 13:44-46; Lk 14:33
8But even more so, I consider all to be loss on account of the excellency of the da'as of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua Adoneinu,#3:8 3:10; Jer 9:23-24 on account of whom I suffered the loss of all things and I consider them as nothing, in comparison, that I may gain Moshiach,#3:8 Ps 73:25
9And be found in him, not having my own Tzidkot (self-achieved righteousness, by definition a self-righteousness based on chumra stringency)#3:9 zokheh “merit” contra Dt 9:5-6; misinterpretation of the Torah from gezetz, but the Tzedek#3:9 Jer 33:16 through emunah#3:9 Ro 3:21-22 in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, the Tzidkat Hashem based upon emunah.#3:9 Gn 15:6; Ro 9:30
10I want to have da'as of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and of the gevurah (power) of the Techiyas HaMoshiach and the deveykus (attachment to G-d) of Moshiachʼs yissurim (sufferings),#3:10 1:29; Ro 8:17; Ga 6:17 being formed into the mode of being of Moshiachʼs death,#3:10 death to the sinful Olam Hazeh and the unregenerate basar Ro 6:3-5
11If somehow I may attain to the Techiyas HaMesim.
12Not that already I obtained or already have been made shleimut, but I pursue this tachlis (final end, aim) that I may lay hold of#3:12 1Ti 6:12,19 cf. Pp 2:6 that for which I was laid hold of by Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.#3:12 Ac 9:5-6
13Achim b'Moshiach, I do not consider myself to have laid hold;#3:13 Pp 3:12 but one zach (thing) I do, forgetting the things behind, and stretching forward to the things ahead,
14According to the tachlis I pursue the prize of the Shomayim Aliyah ascent of Hashem, the upward k'riah (call) of HaShem b'Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.#3:14 2Kgs 1:10; 2:12
15Therefore, as many as would be shleimut, let us think like this:#3:15 Pp 2:5-8 and if in anything your machshavot (thoughts) are different,#3:15 Mt 5:48; 2C 2:6 even this Hashem will reveal to you.
16Fort (nevertheless), let us march in line with what we have attained, let us hold to the same.#3:16 Ga 6:16
17Achim b'Moshiach, together be imitators of me.#3:17 1C 4:16; 11:1 Take note of the ones walking as you have a mofet in us.#3:17 2:5-30; 1Th 1:7; 1K 5:3
18For many, of whom I was often telling you, and now also I say with weeping, walk as oyvim (enemies) of Moshiachʼs Etz.#3:18 Dt 21:23; 27:26; Ga 3:13; 1C 1:23; Ga 6:12 cf Pp 2:8
19Their destined end#3:19 Ps 73:17 is churban (destruction, Gehinnom). Their g-d is their appetite,#3:19 Ro 16:18 and their kavod, what they glory in, is their bushah (shame). Their machshavot are set on the Olam Hazeh.#3:19 Ro 8:5-6
20But the torat haEzrakhut#3:20 see Pp 1:27 (citizenship) we conduct exists in Shomayim,#3:20 Ep 2:6; MJ 12:22; Ga 4:26; 6:16 from where also we eagerly await a Moshi'a (Savior), a Go'el, Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua,
21Who will transfigure the basar of our humiliation into the demut of the mode of being of the guf kavod of Moshiach, according to the pe'ulah#3:21 Pp 1:6; 2:13 (action, work) of his ko'ach (power),#3:21 Ro 8:29; 1C 15:43-53 even to the subjecting of all things to himself.#3:21 1C 15:28
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Philippians 3
3
Righteousness Through Faith in Christ
1Finally, my brothers,#3:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 13, 17 #ch. 4:4; 1 Thess. 5:16 rejoice in the Lord. #[2 Pet. 1:12]To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
2Look out for #Ps. 22:16, 20; Isa. 56:10, 11; Rev. 22:15; [Gal. 5:15] the dogs, look out for #[2 Cor. 11:13]the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. 3For #See Rom. 2:29 we are the circumcision, #[John 4:23] who worship #[Gal. 5:25; Jude 20] by the Spirit of God#3:3 Some manuscripts God in spirit and #Rom. 15:17; [Gal. 6:14]glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh— 4#2 Cor. 11:18though 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: 5#See Gen. 17:12 circumcised on the eighth day, #2 Cor. 11:22 of the people of Israel, #Rom. 11:1 of the tribe of Benjamin, #2 Cor. 11:22 a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, #Acts 23:6; 26:5a Pharisee; 6#Acts 22:3, 4; Gal. 1:13, 14 as to zeal, #See Acts 8:3 a persecutor of the church; #[ver. 9]as to righteousness under the law,#3:6 Greek in the law blameless. 7But #[Luke 14:33] whatever gain I had, #[Heb. 11:26]I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of #[2 Cor. 5:15] the surpassing worth of #Isa. 53:11; Jer. 9:23, 24; John 17:3; 2 Pet. 1:3 knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I #Luke 9:25 (Gk.)have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having #Rom. 10:5; [ver. 6] a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but #See Rom. 9:30; 1 Cor. 1:30that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10#[Eph. 4:13] that I may know him and #[Rom. 1:4; 6:5] the power of his resurrection, and #1 Pet. 4:13; See 2 Cor. 1:5may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11that by any means possible I may #Acts 26:7attain the resurrection from the dead.
Straining Toward the Goal
12Not that I have already #[1 Tim. 6:12, 19] obtained this or #Heb. 11:40; 12:23; [Heb. 5:9]am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: #[Ps. 45:10; Luke 9:62; Heb. 6:1]forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14I press on toward the goal for #1 Cor. 9:24 the prize of the upward #[Heb. 3:1; 1 Pet. 5:10]; See Rom. 8:28call of God in Christ Jesus. 15Let those of us who are #1 Cor. 2:6; See Matt. 5:48 mature think this way, and if in anything #[Gal. 5:10] you think otherwise, #[John 7:17]God will reveal that also to you. 16Only #Gal. 6:16let us hold true to what we have attained.
17Brothers, #[ch. 4:9]; See 1 Cor. 4:16 join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk #1 Pet. 5:3according to the example you have in us. 18For #See 2 Cor. 11:13 many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you #[Acts 20:31]even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19#2 Cor. 11:15; [2 Thess. 1:9; 2 Pet. 2:1, 3] Their end is destruction, #See Rom. 16:18 their god is their belly, and #[Hos. 4:7; 2 Cor. 11:12; Gal. 6:13; Jude 13] they glory in their shame, with #Rom. 8:5; Col. 3:2minds set on earthly things. 20But #See Eph. 2:19 our citizenship is in heaven, and #Acts 1:11 from it we #See 1 Cor. 1:7await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21who will transform #[1 Cor. 15:43-53] our lowly body #[ver. 10; Col. 3:4]; See Rom. 8:29 to be like his glorious body, #See Eph. 1:19 by the power that enables him even #1 Cor. 15:28to subject all things to himself.
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