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thoughκαίπερI myselfἐγὼhaveἔχωνconfidenceπεποίθησινevenκαὶinἐνthe flesh.σαρκίIfΕἴanyoneτιςelseἄλλοςthinksδοκεῖhe has confidenceπεποιθέναιinἐνthe flesh,σαρκίIἐγὼhave more:μᾶλλον
Philippians 3:4
Study it in the app“though I myself have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he has confidence in the flesh, I have more:”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 3:4, word by word
- thoughκαίπερkaiper
although
Although.
Where else “kaiper” appears- haveἔχωνechōn
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echōn” appears- confidenceπεποίθησινpepoithēsin
confidence
Confidence, trust placed in someone.
Where else “pepoithēsin” appears- the fleshσαρκίsarki
sinful nature
The human nature that opposes God's Spirit.
Where else “sarki” appears- elseἄλλοςallos
other, another
Other, another.
Where else “allos” appears- thinksδοκεῖdokei
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appears- he has confidenceπεποιθέναιpepoithenai
be confident
To be sure of something, rely on someone.
Where else “pepoithenai” appears- have moreμᾶλλονmallon
more
To a greater degree; how much more, when comparing.
Where else “mallon” appears
The context
3For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and boast in the Messiah Jesus and do not put confidence in the flesh,
4 · This verse (above)
5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
To study Philippians 3 in a group
1. What it says
What things that Paul once counted as gain does he now count as loss, and why (v. 4-8)?
2. What it means
Paul says, "forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead" (v. 13). What do you think that means?
3. How I live it
Paul keeps pressing on without claiming to be perfect (v. 12-14). What small step can you take today in something you want to grow in?