Verš 1
Concerning other things, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is certainly not tiresome for me to write the same things to you, but for you, it is not necessary.
Flp 4:4 - Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say, rejoice.
Jak 1:2 - My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy,
1Pt 4:13 - But instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.
Verš 2
Beware of dogs; beware of those who work evil; beware of those who are divisive.
Iz 56:10 - His watchmen are all blind. They are all ignorant. They are mute dogs without the ability to bark, seeing empty things, sleeping and loving dreams.
Verš 3
For we are the circumcised, we who serve God in the Spirit and who glory in Christ Jesus, having no confidence in the flesh.
Dt 10:16 - Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and no longer stiffen your neck.
Dt 30:6 - The Lord your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your offspring, so that you may love the Lord your God with your entire heart and with your entire soul, so that you may be able to live.
Jer 4:4 - Be circumcised to the Lord, and take away the foreskins from your hearts, O men of Judah, O inhabitants of Jerusalem. Otherwise my indignation may burst forth and flare up like a fire. And then there will be no one who can extinguish it, because of the wickedness of your thoughts.
Rim 2:29 - But a Jew is he who is so inwardly. And circumcision of the heart is in the spirit, not in the letter. For its praise is not of men, but of God.
Kol 2:11 - In him also, you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by hand, not by the despoiling of the body of flesh, but by the circumcision of Christ.
Jn 4:24 - God is Spirit. And so, those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
Verš 4
Nevertheless, I might have confidence also in the flesh, for if anyone else seems to have confidence in the flesh, more so do I.
2Kor 11:21 - I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also.
Verš 5
For I was circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew among Hebrews. According to the law, I was a Pharisee;
2Kor 11:22 - They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.
Gn 49:27 - Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will eat the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoil.”
Sk 23:6 - Now Paul, knowing that one group were Sadducees and the other were Pharisees, exclaimed in the council: “Noble brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees! It is over the hope and resurrection of the dead that I am being judged.”
Verš 6
according to zeal, I persecuted the Church of God; according to the justice that is in the law, I lived without blame.
Sk 8:3 - Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.
Sk 9:1 - Now Saul, still breathing threats and beatings against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
Sk 22:3 - And he said: “I am a Jewish man, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but raised in this city beside the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, just as all of you also are to this day.
Gal 1:13 - For you have heard of my former behavior within Judaism: that, beyond measure, I persecuted the Church of God and fought against Her.
1Tim 1:13 - though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
Verš 7
But the things which had been to my gain, the same have I considered a loss, for the sake of Christ.
Mt 13:44 - The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man finds it, he hides it, and, because of his joy, he goes and sells everything that he has, and he buys that field.
Verš 8
Yet truly, I consider everything to be a loss, because of the preeminent knowledge of Jesus Christ, my Lord, for whose sake I have suffered the loss of everything, considering it all to be like dung, so that I may gain Christ,
Iz 53:11 - Because his soul has labored, he will see and be satisfied. By his knowledge, my just servant will himself justify many, and he himself will carry their iniquities.
Jer 9:23 - Thus says the Lord: “The wise man should not glory in his wisdom, and the strong man should not glory in his strength, and the rich man should not glory in his riches.
Jn 17:3 - And this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Kol 2:2 - May their hearts be consoled and instructed in charity, with all the riches of a plenitude of understanding, with knowledge of the mystery of God the Father and of Christ Jesus.
Verš 9
and so that you may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law, but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, the justice within faith, which is of God.
Rim 1:17 - For the justice of God is revealed within it, by faith unto faith, just as it was written: “For the just one lives by faith.”
Rim 3:21 - But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.
Verš 10
So shall I know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his Passion, having been fashioned according to his death,
Rim 8:17 - But if we are sons, then we are also heirs: certainly heirs of God, but also co-heirs with Christ, yet in such a way that, if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.
2Kor 4:10 - We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
2Tim 2:11 - It is a faithful saying: that if we have died with him, we will also live with him.
1Pt 4:13 - But instead, commune in the Passion of Christ, and be glad that, when his glory will be revealed, you too may rejoice with exultation.
Verš 14
I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
1Kor 9:24 - Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve.
2Tim 4:7 - I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved the faith.
Verš 16
Yet truly, whatever point we reach, let us be of the same mind, and let us remain in the same rule.
Gal 6:16 - And whoever follows this rule: may peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God.
Rim 12:16 - Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself.
Rim 15:5 - So may the God of patience and solace grant you to be of one mind toward one another, in accord with Jesus Christ,
1Kor 1:10 - And so, I beg you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that every one of you speak in the same way, and that there be no schisms among you. So may you become perfect, with the same mind and with the same judgment.
Flp 2:2 - complete my joy by having the same understanding, holding to the same charity, being of one mind, with the same sentiment.
1Pt 3:8 - And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble,
Verš 17
Be imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who are walking similarly, just as you have seen by our example.
1Kor 4:16 - Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.
1Kor 11:1 - Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.
1Sol 1:6 - And so, you became imitators of us and of the Lord, accepting the Word in the midst of great tribulation, but with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
2Sol 3:9 - It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us.
1Pt 5:3 - not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.
Verš 18
For many persons, about whom I have often told you (and now tell you, weeping,) are walking as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Rim 16:17 - But I beg you, brothers, to take note of those who cause dissensions and offenses contrary to the doctrine that you have learned, and to turn away from them.
Verš 20
But our way of life is in heaven. And from heaven, too, we await the Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ,
Heb 13:14 - For in this place, we have no everlasting city; instead, we seek one in the future.
1Kor 1:7 - In this way, nothing is lacking to you in any grace, as you await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1Sol 1:10 - and to the expectation of his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who has rescued us from the approaching wrath.
Tít 2:13 - looking forward to the blessed hope and the advent of the glory of the great God and of our Savior Jesus Christ.
Verš 21
who will transform the body of our lowliness, according to the form of the body of his glory, by means of that power by which he is even able to subject all things to himself.
1Kor 15:51 - Behold, I tell you a mystery. Certainly, we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be transformed:
Kol 3:4 - When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
1Jn 3:2 - Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
