Philippians 3:16

3:16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard ¹  that we have already attained. ² 

Philippians 1:8

1:8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:5

2:5 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, ³ 

Philippians 4:5

4:5 Let everyone see your gentleness. ⁴  The Lord is near!

Philippians 1:6

1:6 For I am sure of this very thing, ⁵  that the one ⁶  who began a good work in ⁷  you will perfect it ⁸  until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:9

2:9 As a result God exalted him

and gave him the name

that is above every name,

Philippians 2:13

2:13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

Philippians 3:15

3:15 Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. ⁹  If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. ¹⁰ 

Philippians 4:19

4:19 And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches ¹¹  in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:27

2:27 In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. ¹²  But God showed mercy to him – and not to him only, but also to me – so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

Philippians 3:19

3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. ¹³ 

Philippians 4:9

4:9 And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

¹ tc Although κανόνι (kanoni, “standard, rule”) is found in most witnesses, though in various locations in this verse (א² D² Ψ 075 Ï), it is almost surely a motivated reading, for it clarifies the cryptic τῷ αὐτῷ (tw autw, “the same”). Both the fact that the word floats, and that there are other variants which accomplish greater clarity by other means, strongly suggests the secondary nature of any of the longer readings here. Further, the shortest text has excellent and early support in Ì^16,46 א* A B I^vid 6 33 1739 co, rendering it decidedly the preferred reading. The translation adds “standard” because of English requirements, not because of textual basis.

² tn Grk “Nevertheless, to what we have attained, to the same hold fast.”

³ tn Grk “Have this attitude in/among yourselves which also [was] in Christ Jesus,” or “Have this attitude in/among yourselves which [you] also [have] in Christ Jesus.”

⁵ tn Grk “let your gentleness be seen by all.” The passive voice construction has been converted to active voice in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Grk “since I am sure of this very thing.” The verse begins with an adverbial participle that is dependent on the main verb in v. 3 (“I thank”). Paul here gives one reason for his thankfulness.

⁸ tn The referent is clearly God from the overall context of the paragraph and the mention of “the day of Christ Jesus” at the end, which would be redundant if Christ were referred to here.

⁹ tn Or “among.”

¹⁰ tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text but has been supplied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

⁹ tn Grk “those of us who are ‘perfect’ should think this,” or possibly “those of us who are mature should think this.”

¹⁰ tn Grk “reveal this to you.” The referent of the pronoun “this” is the fact that the person is thinking differently than Paul does. This has been specified in the translation with the phrase “the error of your ways”; Paul is stating that God will make it known to these believers when they are not in agreement with Paul.

¹¹ tn Or “according to the riches of his glory.” The phrase “of his glory” is treated as an attributive genitive in the translation.

¹³ tn Grk “For he became ill to the point of death.”

¹⁵ tn Grk “whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly and glory is their shame, these who think of earthly things.”