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| [1]Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. |
[1]Hennus forward, my britheren, haue ye ioye in the Lord. To write to you the same thingis, to me it is not slow, and to you it is necessarie. |
| [2]Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. |
[2]Se ye houndis, se ye yuele werk men, se ye dyuysioun. |
| [3]For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. |
[3]For we ben circumcisioun, which bi spirit seruen to God, and glorien in Crist Jhesu, and han not trist in the fleisch, |
| [4]Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: |
[4]thouy Y haue trust, yhe, in the fleisch. If ony othere man is seyn to triste in the fleisch, |
| [5]Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; |
[5]Y more, that was circumcidid in the eiytthe dai, of the kyn of Israel, of the lynage of Beniamyn, an Ebrew of Ebrewis, bi the lawe a Farisee, |
| [6]Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. |
[6]bi loue pursuynge the chirche of God, bi riytwisnesse that is in the lawe lyuynge with out playnt. |
| [7]But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. |
[7]But whiche thingis weren to me wynnyngis, Y haue demed these apeyryngis for Crist. |
| [8]Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, |
[8]Netheles Y gesse alle thingis to be peirement for the cleer science of Jhesu Crist my Lord. For whom Y made alle thingis peyrement, and Y deme as drit, |
| [9]And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: |
[9]that Y wynne Crist, and that Y be foundun in hym, not hauynge my riytwisnesse that is of the lawe, but that that is of the feith of Crist Jhesu, that is of God the riytwisnesse in feith, |
| [10]That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; |
[10]to knowe hym, and the vertu of his risyng ayen, and the felouschipe of his passioun, and be maad lijk to his deeth, |
| [11]If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. |
[11]if on ony maner Y come to the resurreccioun that is fro deth. |
| [12]Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. |
[12]Not that now Y haue takun, or now am parfit; but Y sue, if in ony maner Y comprehende, in which thing also Y am comprehendid of Crist Jhesu. |
| [13]Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, |
[13]Bretheren, Y deme me not that Y haue comprehendid; but o thing, Y foryete tho thingis that ben bihyndis, and stretche forth my silf to tho thingis that ben bifore, |
| [14]I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. |
[14]and pursue to the ordeyned mede of the hiy clepyng of God in Crist Jhesu. |
| [15]Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. |
[15]Therfor who euere we ben perfit, feele we this thing. And if ye vndurstonden in othere manere ony thing, this thing God schal schewe to you. |
| [16]Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. |
[16]Netheles to what thing we han comun, that we vndurstonden the same thing, and that we perfitli dwelle in the same reule. |
| [17]Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. |
[17]Britheren, be ye my foleweris, and weyte ye hem that walken so, as ye han oure fourme. |
| [18](For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: |
[18]For many walken, whiche Y haue seid ofte to you, but now Y wepinge seie, the enemyes of Cristis cros, |
| [19]Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) |
[19]who ende is deth, whos god is the wombe, and the glorie in confusioun of hem, that saueren ertheli thingis. |
| [20]For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: |
[20]But oure lyuyng is in heuenes; fro whennus also we abiden the sauyour oure Lord Jhesu Crist, |
| [21]Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. |
[21]which schal reforme the bodi of oure mekenesse, that is maad lijk to the bodi of his clerenesse, bi the worching bi which he mai `also make alle thingis suget to hym. |