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On tlen melahuac melajcatlalilistli

Niman aman nocnihuan, xpaquican pampa nenteyaxcahuan itech toTeco. Para nejhua xnechpajsolohua ocsejpa nemechijlis on tlen yonemechtlajcuilhuijca, niman cuajli para ocsejpa niquijtos para nenmelajcanemisquej ipan nemotlaneltoc.

Xmotacan sa no nemejhuamej itech on yejhuan quichihuaj on tlen xcuajli niman quinequij quitetlalilisquej ipan tenacayo on nescayotl itoca circuncisión. On nescayotl yejhuan tlen melahuac sa no tejhuamej ticteititiaj pampa ticmahuistiliaj Dios itechcopa on Espíritu Santo, niman tipaquij pampa tinemij san secan ihuan Cristo Jesús. Niman no ticteititiaj on nescayotl pampa xtictlaliaj toyojlo para ticselisquej temaquixtilistli itech on tlen nochihua ipan tonacayo.

Xnictlalia noyojlo itech nonacayo, masqui nihuelisquia nictlalisquia. Tla yacaj quipia quen ijqui confiaros on nacatl, nejhua más sanoyej, pampa ipan chicueyi tonajli ijcuac oninen onicselij ipan nonacayo on nescayotl itoca circuncisión. No ijqui nejhua nihebreo, niman nihualehua itech noachtojtataj Benjamín. No nitlajtlajtohua ica on tlajtojli itoca hebreo yejhuan intlajtol notajhuan, niman cuajli oniquejeu on tlanahuatijli pampa nifariseo catca. Sanoyej oniquintlahuelitac niman oniquintlajyohuiltij on yejhuan quineltocaj Cristo. Niyolmelaqui catcaj. Xacaj quipiaya tlinon quijtos notechcopa, pampa onicchiu nochi quen on tlanahuajtijli quijtohua. Pero in miyec tlajtlamach yejhuan achtoj sanoyej hueyi quijtosnequiyaj para nejhua, aman niquita quen on yejhuan xijtla quijtosnequij ipampa Cristo. Xoc hueyi quijtosnequij on tlajtlamach pampa más hueyi quijtosnequi niquixmati Jesucristo quen noTeco. Ipampa Cristo nochi on tlajtlamach onicau niman nicpohua quen itlaj tlasojli para hueli nicnoyaxcatia Cristo, niman para Dios nechita san secan ninemi ihuan Cristo. Yejhua nechita ica niyolmelajcatlacatl, xpampa onicchiu nochi tlen on tlanahuajtijli quijtohua, yej pampa nicneltoca noCristo. In yolmelajquilistli Dios techmaca itechcopa totlaneltoc. 10 Nicnequi niquixmatis Cristo, niman ipan in nemilistli yejhuan amantzin nicpia nicnequi nicpias on ipoder yejhuan oquiselij ijcuac oyoliu niman onoquetzteu ipan itlalcon. Niman no nicnequi niquijyohuis on tlen yejhua quijyohuiya, niman nimiquis quen yejhua omic. 11 Niman nitlamacha ica no nihuelis niyolihuis niman ninoquetztehuas intech on mimiquej.

Xmocojtilican para nennemisquej quen Dios quinequi

12 Yejhua in xniquijtosnequi tla nochi in ye nicpia, noso tla aman najsiticaj se tlacatl yejhuan nochi cuajli. Pero quemaj ninocojtilijtiu niman nitlamacha ica ajsis on tonajli ijcuac ninemis quen Cristo quinequi, pampa yejhua ica Cristo onechnotz achtoj. 13 Nocnihuan, masqui xcuajli najsiticaj ninemi quen Cristo quinequi, niquelcahua nochi tlen nocahua tlacuitlapan niman nicchihua canica para nicajsis on tlen oncaj tlayecapan, para yejhua ica ninajxitijtias quen se tlacatl yejhuan nochi cuajli. 14 Ijcon quen se telpochtli yejhuan tehuan notlatlalohua campa notlatlanij sanoyej noyolchicahua para tetlanis, nejhua no ijqui. Sanoyej ninoyolchicahua para nictlanis on tetlayocolijli yejhuan Dios quinequi nicselis ne ilhuicac pampa ninemi san secan ihuan Cristo Jesús.

15 Ijcon, tej, nochimej nemejhuamej yejhuan cuajli yochicau nemonemilis ipan on tlaneltoctli, no ijqui nonequi xnemilican quen nejhua nicnemilia. Tla itlaj ocse tlamantli nenquinemiliaj ocse tlamantic, Dios no mechititis yejhua in. 16 Pero yej quemaj, ma tiquejehuacan nochi on tlen cuajli yejhuan yotictajxilijquej.

17 Nocnihuan, san secan xtocacan noejemplo. Niman xquintacan on yejhuan quitocaj noejemplo, 18 pampa miyecpa yonemechijlij niman ocsejpa nemechijlia hasta ican nixayo, ica miyequej nemij quen tlahuelicniutin itech on tlen onochiu ipan icojnepanol Cristo. 19 Yejcos on tonajli ijcuac sa no yejhuamej noxoxotonisquej. Yejhuamej sa quimahuistiliaj quen dioses yesquiaj on xcuajcualtin tlajtlamach yejhuan quelehuiaj. Yejhuamej nohueyimatij ica on tlin quitocarohua pinahuasquiaj. Yejhuamej sa comatztoquej on tlajtlamach yejhuan para in tlalticpactli. 20 Pero tejhuamej ye tichanejquej ne ilhuicac. Niman aman sa ticchixtoquej on toTemaquixtijcau toTeco Jesucristo ma hualehua de ne ilhuicac. 21 Cada se de tejhuamej yejhua techpatilis totlalticpacnacayo yejhuan xcojtic, para no ijqui nocahuas quen yejhua iilhuicaccuerpo yejhuan oquiselij ijcuac otlejcoc ne ilhuicac. Ijcon quichihuas ican ipoder yejhuan quipia para quimandarohua nochi tlajtlamach.

No Confidence in the Flesh

Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,(A) and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs,(B) those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision,(C) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,(D) and who put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reasons for such confidence.(E)

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised(F) on the eighth day, of the people of Israel,(G) of the tribe of Benjamin,(H) a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;(I) as for zeal,(J) persecuting the church;(K) as for righteousness based on the law,(L) faultless.

But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss(M) for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing(N) Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(O) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,(P) but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness(Q) that comes from God on the basis of faith.(R) 10 I want to know(S) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(T) becoming like him in his death,(U) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(V) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(W) but I press on to take hold(X) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(Y) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(Z) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(AA) toward the goal to win the prize(AB) for which God has called(AC) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Following Paul’s Example

15 All of us, then, who are mature(AD) should take such a view of things.(AE) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.(AF) 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

17 Join together in following my example,(AG) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(AH) 18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,(AI) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.(AJ) 19 Their destiny(AK) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(AL) and their glory is in their shame.(AM) Their mind is set on earthly things.(AN) 20 But our citizenship(AO) is in heaven.(AP) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,(AQ) 21 who, by the power(AR) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies(AS) so that they will be like his glorious body.(AT)

Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of