Philippians — 3
The Priceless Value of Knowing Ha'Mashyach
1 Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH. I never get tired of telling you these things, and I do it to safeguard your Amunah.
2 Watch out for those dogs, those people who do evil, those mutilators who say you must be circumcised to be saved.
3 For we who worship by the RUACH of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach has done for us. We put no confidence in man's effort,
4 Though I could have confidence in my own effort if anyone could. Indeed, if others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!
5 I was circumcised when I was eight days old. I am a pure blooded citizen of Yashar'AL and a member of the tribe of Banyamin a real Abarym (Hebrew) if there ever was one! I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Yahudym law.
6 I was so zealous that I harshly persecuted the Qadash Assemblies. And as for righteousness, I obeyed the law without fault.
7 I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Ha'Mashyach has done.
8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach my Master. For His sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Ha'Mashyach
9 And become one with Ha'Mashyach. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I became righteous through Amunah in Ha'Mashyach. For the way of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH in making us right with HIMSELF depends on Amunah.
10 I want to know Ha'Mashyach and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead. I want to suffer with Him, sharing in His death,
11 So that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!
Pressing toward the Goal
12 I do not mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach first possessed me.
13 No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead,
14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the Shamaym prize for which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, through 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA Ha'Mashyach has called us.
15 Let all who are mature in the RUACH agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH will make it plain to you.
16 But we must hold on to the progress we have already made.
17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.
18 For I have told you often before, and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose conduct shows they are really enemies of the execution stake of Ha'Mashyach.
19 They are headed for destruction. Their mighty one is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on Arath.
20 But we are citizens of Shamaym, where our Master 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏_YAHUSHA lives. And we are eagerly waiting for Ha'Mashyach to return as our Savior.
21 Ha'Mashyach will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into precious bodies like His own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under His control.