1 WYC Hennus forward, my britheren, haue ye ioye in the Lord. To write to you the same thingis, to me it is not slow, and to you it is necessarie. BSB BSB: Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
3 WYC For we ben circumcisioun, which bi spirit seruen to God, and glorien in Crist Jhesu, and han not trist in the fleisch, BSB BSB: For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
4 WYC thouy Y haue trust, yhe, in the fleisch. If ony othere man is seyn to triste in the fleisch, BSB BSB: though I myself could have such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
5 WYC Y more, that was circumcidid in the eiytthe dai, of the kyn of Israel, of the lynage of Beniamyn, an Ebrew of Ebrewis, bi the lawe a Farisee, BSB BSB: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
6 WYC bi loue pursuynge the chirche of God, bi riytwisnesse that is in the lawe lyuynge with out playnt. BSB BSB: as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.
7 WYC But whiche thingis weren to me wynnyngis, Y haue demed these apeyryngis for Crist. BSB BSB: But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
8 WYC Netheles Y gesse alle thingis to be peirement for the cleer science of Jhesu Crist my Lord. For whom Y made alle thingis peyrement, and Y deme as drit, BSB BSB: More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
9 WYC that Y wynne Crist, and that Y be foundun in hym, not hauynge my riytwisnesse that is of the lawe, but that that is of the feith of Crist Jhesu, that is of God the riytwisnesse in feith, BSB BSB: and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
10 WYC to knowe hym, and the vertu of his risyng ayen, and the felouschipe of his passioun, and be maad lijk to his deeth, BSB BSB: I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
11 WYC if on ony maner Y come to the resurreccioun that is fro deth. BSB BSB: and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
13 WYC Bretheren, Y deme me not that Y haue comprehendid; but o thing, Y foryete tho thingis that ben bihyndis, and stretche forth my silf to tho thingis that ben bifore, BSB BSB: Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
14 WYC and pursue to the ordeyned mede of the hiy clepyng of God in Crist Jhesu. BSB BSB: I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
15 WYC Therfor who euere we ben perfit, feele we this thing. And if ye vndurstonden in othere manere ony thing, this thing God schal schewe to you. BSB BSB: All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
16 WYC Netheles to what thing we han comun, that we vndurstonden the same thing, and that we perfitli dwelle in the same reule. BSB BSB: Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.
17 WYC Britheren, be ye my foleweris, and weyte ye hem that walken so, as ye han oure fourme. BSB BSB: Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
18 WYC For many walken, whiche Y haue seid ofte to you, but now Y wepinge seie, the enemyes of Cristis cros, BSB BSB: For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 WYC who ende is deth, whos god is the wombe, and the glorie in confusioun of hem, that saueren ertheli thingis. BSB BSB: Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
20 WYC But oure lyuyng is in heuenes; fro whennus also we abiden the sauyour oure Lord Jhesu Crist, BSB BSB: But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 WYC which schal reforme the bodi of oure mekenesse, that is maad lijk to the bodi of his clerenesse, bi the worching bi which he mai `also make alle thingis suget to hym. BSB BSB: who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
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