Philippians · Bible in Basic English
Philippians 3 Bible in Basic English
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1 For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.
1 RESTA, hermanos, que os gocéis en el Señor. A mí, á la verdad, no es molesto el escribiros las mismas cosas, y para vosotros es seguro.
2 Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:
2 Guardaos de los perros, guardaos de los malos obreros, guardaos del cortamiento.
3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
3 Porque nosotros somos la circuncisión, los que servimos en espíritu á Dios, y nos gloriamos en Cristo Jesús, no teniendo confianza en la carne.
4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:
4 Aunque yo tengo también de qué confiar en la carne. Si alguno parece que tiene de qué confiar en la carne, yo más:
5 Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:
5 Circuncidado al octavo día, del linaje de Israel, de la tribu de Benjamín, Hebreo de Hebreos; cuanto á la ley, Fariseo;
6 In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
6 Cuanto al celo, perseguidor de la iglesia; cuanto á la justicia que es en la ley, irreprensible.
7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
7 Pero las cosas que para mí eran ganancias, helas reputado pérdidas por amor de Cristo.
8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
8 Y ciertamente, aun reputo todas las cosas pérdida por el eminente conocimiento de Cristo Jesús, mi Señor, por amor del cual lo he perdido todo, y téngolo por estiércol, para ganar á Cristo,
9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
9 Y ser hallado en él, no teniendo mi justicia, que es por la ley, sino la que es por la fe de Cristo, la justicia que es de Dios por la fe;
10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
10 A fin de conocerle, y la virtud de su resurrección, y la participación de sus padecimientos, en conformidad á su muerte,
11 If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.
11 Si en alguna manera llegase á la resurrección de los muertos.
12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.
12 No que ya haya alcanzado, ni que ya sea perfecto; sino que prosigo, por ver si alcanzo [aquello] para lo cual fuí también alcanzado de Cristo Jesús.
13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
13 Hermanos, yo mismo no hago cuenta de haber[lo] ya alcanzado; pero una cosa [hago]: olvidando ciertamente lo que queda atrás, y extendiéndome á lo que está delante,
14 I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.
14 Prosigo al blanco, al premio de la soberana vocación de Dios en Cristo Jesús.
15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:
15 Así que, todos los que somos perfectos, esto [mismo] sintamos: y si otra cosa sentís, esto también os revelará Dios.
16 Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.
16 Empero en aquello á que hemos llegado, vamos por la misma regla, sintamos una misma cosa.
17 Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.
17 Hermanos, sed imitadores de mí, y mirad los que así anduvieren como nos tenéis por ejemplo.
18 For there are those, of whom I have given you word before, and do so now with sorrow, who are haters of the cross of Christ;
18 Porque muchos andan, de los cuales os dije muchas veces, y aun ahora [lo] digo llorando, [que son] enemigos de la cruz de Cristo:
19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
19 Cuyo fin [será] perdición, cuyo dios es el vientre, y su gloria es en confusión; que sienten lo terreno.
20 For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:
20 Mas nuestra vivienda es en los cielos; de donde también esperamos al Salvador, al Señor Jesucristo;
21 By whom this poor body of ours will be changed into the image of the body of his glory, in the measure of the working by which he is able to put all things under himself.
21 El cual transformará el cuerpo de nuestra bajeza, para ser semejante al cuerpo de su gloria, por la operación con la cual puede también sujetar á sí todas las cosas.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Philippians 4:4; Romans 5:11; Ephesians 6:10; Joel 2:23; Psalm 37:4
- 2 2 Corinthians 11:13; Titus 1:16; Revelation 22:15; Isaiah 56:10–11; 2 Timothy 3:1–6
- 3 Colossians 2:11; Deuteronomy 30:6; Romans 7:6; Galatians 6:13–15; Romans 8:15
- 4 2 Corinthians 11:18–22
- 5 2 Corinthians 11:22; Romans 11:1; Acts 23:6; Acts 26:4–5; Genesis 17:12
- 6 Galatians 1:13–14; Acts 8:3; Acts 26:9–10; Acts 22:3–4; Matthew 5:20
- 7 Luke 14:33; Matthew 16:26; Matthew 13:44–46; Luke 14:26; Proverbs 13:8
- 8 Jeremiah 9:23–24; Romans 8:18; Acts 20:24; Philippians 3:7; John 17:3
- 9 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Galatians 2:16; Romans 4:5–6; Romans 4:13–15
- 10 Galatians 2:20; 1 Peter 4:1–2; 2 Timothy 2:11–12; Romans 8:17; Romans 6:3–11
- 11 Luke 20:35–36; Revelation 20:5; Acts 23:6; Acts 26:7; Hebrews 11:35
- 12 1 Timothy 6:11–12; 2 Peter 1:5–8; Psalm 138:8; Hosea 6:3; 1 Peter 3:11–13
- 13 Luke 9:62; Hebrews 12:1–2; Philippians 3:12; 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Psalm 27:4
- 14 1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Peter 5:10; Revelation 3:21; 2 Timothy 4:7–8; Romans 8:28–30
- 15 John 7:17; Galatians 5:10; James 1:4–5; 1 Corinthians 2:6; Proverbs 2:3–6
- 16 Colossians 2:6; Revelation 3:3; Revelation 2:4–5; Hebrews 10:38–39; Romans 15:5
- 17 Philippians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Timothy 4:12; Hebrews 13:7
- 18 Ephesians 4:17; Isaiah 8:11; Galatians 6:12; Galatians 1:7; Jeremiah 13:17
- 19 Romans 16:18; Romans 8:5–7; 2 Peter 2:3; Colossians 3:2; Jude 12–13
- 20 Ephesians 2:19; Colossians 3:1–3; 2 Corinthians 4:18–5:1; Hebrews 12:22; 1 Peter 1:3–4
- 21 1 John 3:2; Colossians 3:4; 1 Corinthians 15:42–56; Romans 8:29; John 11:24–26
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Dejection and care, whenever they strain the soul beyond due measure, bereave it of its native force. And therefore Paul relieves the Philippians, who were in great despondency, and they were in despondency because they did not know how matters were with Paul; they were in despondency because they thought that it was already over with him, because of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)
Of which resurrection the apostle speaks in the Epistle to the Philippians: "Having been made conformable to His death, if by any means I might attain to the resurrection which is from the dead." In what other mortal flesh, therefore, can life be understood as being manifested, unless in that substance which is also put to death on account of …
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord alway; again I will say, Rejoice: for your redemption hath drawn nigh, and the heavenly host of the Angels is waiting for your salvation.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)