Philippians · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Philippians 3 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Το λοιπόν, αδελφοί μου, χαίρετε εν Κυρίω. Το να σας γράφω τα αυτά εις εμέ μεν δεν είναι οχληρόν, εις εσάς δε ασφαλές.
1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not tiresome, but for you it is safe.
2 Προσέχετε τους κύνας, προσέχετε τους κακούς εργάτας, προσέχετε την κατατομήν·
2 Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.
3 διότι ημείς είμεθα η περιτομή, οι λατρεύοντες τον Θεόν εν Πνεύματι και καυχώμενοι εις τον Χριστόν Ιησούν και μη έχοντες την πεποίθησιν εν τη σαρκί,
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh;
4 αν και εγώ έχω πεποίθησιν και εν τη σαρκί. Εάν τις άλλος νομίζη ότι έχει πεποίθησιν εν τη σαρκί, εγώ περισσότερον·
4 though I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has confidence in the flesh, I yet more:
5 περιτετμημένος την ογδόην ημέραν, εκ γένους Ισραήλ, εκ φυλής Βενιαμίν, Εβραίος εξ Εβραίων, κατά νόμον Φαρισαίος,
5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
6 κατά ζήλον διώκτης της εκκλησίας, κατά την δικαιοσύνην την διά του νόμου διατελέσας άμεμπτος.
6 concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
7 Πλην εκείνα, τα οποία ήσαν εις εμέ κέρδη, ταύτα ενόμισα ζημίαν διά τον Χριστόν·
7 However, I consider those things that were gain to me as a loss for Christ.
8 μάλιστα δε και νομίζω τα πάντα ότι είναι ζημία διά το έξοχον της γνώσεως του Ιησού Χριστού του Κυρίου μου, διά τον οποίον εζημιώθην τα πάντα, και λογίζομαι ότι είναι σκύβαλα διά να κερδήσω τον Χριστόν
8 Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
9 και να ευρεθώ εν αυτώ μη έχων ιδικήν μου δικαιοσύνην την εκ του νόμου, αλλά την διά πίστεως του Χριστού, την δικαιοσύνην την εκ Θεού διά της πίστεως,
9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,
10 διά να γνωρίσω αυτόν και την δύναμιν της αναστάσεως αυτού και την κοινωνίαν των παθημάτων αυτού, συμμορφούμενος με τον θάνατον αυτού,
10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,
11 ίσως καταντήσω εις την εξανάστασιν των νεκρών.
11 if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Ουχί ότι έλαβον ήδη το βραβείον ή έγεινα ήδη τέλειος, τρέχω όμως κατόπιν, ίσως λάβω αυτό, διά το οποίον και ελήφθην υπό του Ιησού Χριστού.
12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
13 Αδελφοί, εγώ δεν στοχάζομαι εμαυτόν ότι έλαβον αυτό· αλλ' εν πράττω· τα μεν οπίσω λησμονών, εις δε τα έμπροσθεν επεκτεινόμενος,
13 Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,
14 τρέχω προς τον σκοπόν διά το βραβείον της άνω κλήσεως του Θεού εν Χριστώ Ιησού.
14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15 Όσοι λοιπόν είμεθα τέλειοι, τούτο ας φρονώμεν· και εάν φρονήτε τι άλλως πως, και τούτο θέλει αποκαλύψει εις εσάς ο Θεός.
15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
16 Πλην εις εκείνο, εις το οποίον εφθάσαμεν, ας περιπατώμεν κατά τον αυτόν κανόνα, ας φρονώμεν το αυτό.
16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let’s walk by the same rule. Let’s be of the same mind.
17 Αδελφοί, συμμιμηταί μου γίνεσθε και παρατηρείτε τους όσοι περιπατούσιν ούτω, καθώς έχετε τύπον ημάς.
17 Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
18 Διότι περιπατούσι πολλοί, τους οποίους σας έλεγον πολλάκις, τώρα δε και κλαίων λέγω, ότι είναι οι εχθροί του σταυρού του Χριστού,
18 For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,
19 των οποίων το τέλος είναι απώλεια, των οποίων ο Θεός είναι η κοιλία, και η δόξα αυτών είναι εν τη αισχύνη αυτών, οίτινες φρονούσι τα επίγεια.
19 whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
20 Διότι το πολίτευμα ημών είναι εν ουρανοίς, οπόθεν και προσμένομεν Σωτήρα τον Κύριον Ιησούν Χριστόν,
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 όστις θέλει μετασχηματίσει το σώμα της ταπεινώσεως ημών, ώστε να γείνη σύμμορφον με το σώμα της δόξης αυτού κατά την ενέργειαν, διά της οποίας δύναται και να υποτάξη τα πάντα εις εαυτόν.
21 who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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 …
We then were conversing alone very pleasantly; and, "forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before," we were seeking between ourselves in the presence of the Truth, which Thou art, of what nature the eternal life of the saints would be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Yet they were at least ashamed when they were naked, but ye take a pride in it; "having," according to that saying of the apostle, "your glory in your shame." How then will thy wife thenceforward look upon thee, when thou art returned from such wickedness?
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)