{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_phi003_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_phi003_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_phi003_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/phi003.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text presentation of Philippians 3:1\u201321, displaying the same New Testament passage simultaneously in three versions: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV) with Strong's concordance numbers, and the Latin Vulgate. The passage is a letter excerpt in which the Apostle Paul argues that Jewish religious credentials \u2014 circumcision, tribal lineage, Pharisaic law-keeping, blameless conduct \u2014 are worthless compared to knowing Christ, which he describes using the striking Greek word \u03c3\u03ba\u03cd\u03b2\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1 (dung/refuse). Paul's central theological claim is that righteousness comes not from law-observance but through faith in Christ, making him an early and forceful articulator of what Protestant theology would later call justification by faith. He contrasts himself with opponents he calls \"enemies of the cross\" whose god is their belly and whose minds are set on earthly things, while asserting that believers' true citizenship (\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03af\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1) is in heaven, awaiting a bodily transformation at Christ's return. The format \u2014 three ancient versions in columns \u2014 is a tool for textual or translation study rather than devotional reading, and the KJV column's embedded Strong's numbers make it particularly useful for word-level comparison between Greek and English.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Philippians: Philippians 3","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1229}