Filipenses 3

1 Resta, hermanos, que os regocijéis en el Señor. Escribiros las mismas cosas, a mí ciertamente no me es gravoso, mas para vosotros es seguro.

[Now there are] other things [that I want to write about]. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because [you belong to] the Lord. [Though] I will [now] write to you about those same matters [that I mentioned to you before, this is] not tiresome for me, and it will protect you [from those who would harm you spiritually].

2 Guardáos de los perros, guardáos de los malos obreros, guardáos de la concisión.

Beware of those [people who are dangerous] [MET] [like wild] dogs. They are [dangerous] evildoers [DOU]. Beware of them [since they are like people who] cut [other people’s] bodies [MET]. [They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people] [MTY, MET].

3 Porque nosotros somos la circuncisión, los que servimos en espíritu a Dios, y nos gloriamos en Cristo Jesús, no teniendo confianza en la carne.

[Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them]. But we, [not they], are [truly God’s people] [MET], [whether or not someone has] circumcised [us]. God’s Spirit [enables us to] [MTY] worship [God]; we praise Christ Jesus [because he has enabled us to become the people of God]. We do not believe [that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our] bodies [MTY, SYN].

4 Aunque yo tengo también de qué confiar en la carne. Si a alguno le parece que tiene de qué confiar en la carne, yo más que nadie:

[We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God], although I could very well do that [if it would be useful for me]. Philippians 3:4b-6 [In fact], [if I could benefit from it for my salvation], I could rely upon what I have done and who I am [MTY, SYN] more than anyone else could! I will tell you why.

5 Circuncidado al octavo día, del linaje de Israel, de la tribu de Benjamín, Hebreo de Hebreos; en cuanto a la ley, Fariseo;

I [was circumcised] {[Someone] circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. [While I was] a member of the Pharisee [sect], I [strictly obeyed] the laws [that God gave Moses].

6 En cuanto a zelo, perseguidor de la iglesia; en cuanto a la justicia que es en la ley, de vida irreprensible.

I was [so] zealous [to make people obey those laws that] I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer [because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed], as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no [one could] have accused [me by] saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws.

7 Mas aquellas cosas que me eran por ganancia, las tuve por pérdida por amor de Cristo.

Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to [consider to] be useful to me, those [very] things I now consider worthless, because I [want to know] Christ (OR, in order that I [may know] Christ).

8 Y aun más, que ciertamente todas las cosas tengo por pérdida por la excelencia del conocimiento de Cristo Jesús Señor mío; por amor d el cual lo he perdido todo, y lo tengo por estiércol por ganar a Cristo,

More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I [want to know] him [better] (OR, In order that I [may know] him [better]), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them [as useless as] [MET] rubbish, in order that I may have [a close relationship with] Christ [MET],

9 Y ser hallado en él, no teniendo mi propia justicia, que es de la ley, sino la que es por medio de la fe de Cristo, la justicia de Dios por fe:

and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of [my obeying] the laws [he gave Moses] that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ [that God] has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. [It is] God [himself who] has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, [only] because I have trusted [in Christ].

10 Por conocerle a él, y a la virtud de su resurrección, y la comunión de sus padecimientos, siendo configurado a su muerte:

I [want] to know Christ [better and better]. Particularly, I [want] to continually experience [his working] powerfully in my life, [just like God worked powerfully when he] caused Christ to become alive after he died. I [also want to be continually willing] to suffer [in order that I may obey God], just like Christ suffered [in order that he might obey God. I also want] to be completely willing to die for [Christ], even as he died for me,

11 Si en alguna manera llegase a la resurrección de los muertos.

[because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness], he will cause me to live again after I have died.

12 No que ya haya alcanzado, ni que ya sea perfecto; mas sigo adelante por si pueda echar mano de aquello, por lo cual Cristo también echó mano de mí.

I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be [DOU]. But I earnestly try to become [more and more like Christ], because he chose me [in order that I might become like him].

13 Hermanos no pienso que yo mismo lo haya alcanzado; empero una cosa hago, y es, que olvidando ciertamente lo que queda atrás, mas extendiéndome a lo que está delante,

My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I [am like a runner. A runner does not look backward] [MET]. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal [in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly], I do not think about what I have already done.

14 Me apresuro hacia el blanco, por el premio de la vocación celestial de Dios en Cristo Jesús.

Instead, I concentrate only on [continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life] [MET]. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him [in heaven].

15 Así que todos los que somos perfectos, tengamos estos mismos sentimientos; y si en alguna cosa los tenéis diferentes, esto también os revelará Dios.

So, all of us who are [spiritually] mature should think this [same way]. If any [of you] do not think this same way regarding what I [have written here], God will reveal that to you.

16 Empero a lo que hemos ya llegado, vamos por la misma regla, y sintamos una misma cosa.

What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what [God has already revealed to] us.

17 Hermanos, sed juntamente imitadores de mí, y mirád los que anduvieren así, como nos tenéis a nosotros por dechado.

My fellow believers, [all of] you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, [in order that you may imitate them also].

18 (Porque muchos andan, de los cuales os he dicho muchas veces, y ahora también lo digo, aun llorando, que enemigos son de la cruz de Cristo:

[Keep in mind that] there are many people [who say that they believe in Christ, but] who act [in such a way that shows] that they are opposed to [the teaching about] Christ [dying on] the cross [MTY]. I have told you about those people many times [before], and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you [about them again].

19 Cuyo fin es la perdición: cuyo dios es el vientre, y su gloria es en la confusión de ellos, que piensan solo en lo terreno.)

[God] will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire [MTY] have become [like] gods to them [MET]. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers [MTY] think about.

20 Mas nuestra vivienda es en los cielos, de donde también esperamos el Salvador, al Señor Jesu Cristo;

[But remember] that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, [to return] from there.

21 El cual transformará el cuerpo de nuestra bajeza, para que sea hecho semejante a su cuerpo glorificado, según el poder eficiente por el cual puede también sujetar a sí todas las cosas.

By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body.