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Their mind is set on earthly things. <a href="/nlt/philippians/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. <a href="/esv/philippians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. <a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> whose end is destruction, whose God is the belly and glory is in their shame, those minding earthly things. <a href="/kjv/philippians/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) <a href="/nkjv/philippians/3.htm">New King James Version</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things. <a href="/nasb_/philippians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who have their minds on earthly things. <a href="/nasb/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. <a href="/nasb77/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. <a href="/lsb/philippians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach and glory is in their shame, who set their thoughts on earthly things. <a href="/amp/philippians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> whose fate is destruction, whose god is their belly [their worldly appetite, their sensuality, their vanity], and whose glory is in their shame—who focus their mind on earthly and temporal things. <a href="/csb/philippians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things. <a href="/hcsb/philippians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things, <a href="/asv/philippians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. <a href="/cev/philippians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and brag about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world. <a href="/erv/philippians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. <a href="/gwt/philippians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> In the end they will be destroyed. Their own emotions are their god, and they take pride in the shameful things they do. Their minds are set on worldly things. <a href="/gnt/philippians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world. <a href="/isv/philippians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things. <a href="/net/philippians/3.htm">NET Bible</a> Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. <a href="/nheb/philippians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. <a href="/wbt/philippians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/philippians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. <a href="/web/philippians/3.htm">World English Bible</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/philippians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and whose glory [is] in their shame, who are minding the things on earth. <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> whose end is destruction, whose God is the belly and glory is in their shame, those minding earthly things. <a href="/ylt/philippians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who the things on earth are minding. <a href="/slt/philippians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Whose end destruction, whose God the belly, and their glory in shame, having in mind earthly things.)<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/philippians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Whose end is destruction; whose God is their belly; and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things. <a href="/cpdv/philippians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things. <a href="/nabre/philippians/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things. <a href="/nrsvce/philippians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/philippians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame; whose thought is on earthly things. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/philippians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For their end is destruction, whose God is their belly and their glory is in their shame- these whose minds are in the dirt.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/philippians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. <a href="/godbey/philippians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. <a href="/haweis/philippians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> whose end is perdition, whose God is their belly, and their glory in their shame, whose minds are occupied with earthly things. <a href="/mace/philippians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> who in the, end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth. <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Their end is destruction, their bellies are their God, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are devoted to earthly things. <a href="/worrell/philippians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who are thinking of earthly things. <a href="/worsley/philippians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame; who mind earthly things) For our conversation is in heaven, <a href="/parallel/philippians/3-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXomUhcrPbg?start=692" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Citizenship in Heaven</a> …18For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19<a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hōn (RelPro-GMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">Their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-NNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5056.htm" title="5056: telos (N-NNS) -- (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax. ">end is</a> <a href="/greek/684.htm" title="684: apōleia (N-NFS) -- Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss.">destruction,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hōn (RelPro-GMP) -- Who, which, what, that. ">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">god is</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">their</a> <a href="/greek/2836.htm" title="2836: koilia (N-NFS) -- From koilos; a cavity, i.e. the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart.">belly,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">their</a> <a href="/greek/1391.htm" title="1391: doxa (N-NFS) -- From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.">glory</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">is in</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">their</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/152.htm" title="152: aischynē (N-DFS) -- Shame, shamefacedness, shameful deeds. From aischunomai; shame or disgrace.">shame.</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">Their</a> <a href="/greek/5426.htm" title="5426: phronountes (V-PPA-NMP) -- (a) I think, (b) I think, judge, (c) I direct the mind to, seek for, (d) I observe, (e) I care for. ">minds are set on</a> <a href="/greek/1919.htm" title="1919: epigeia (Adj-ANP) -- From epi and ge; worldly.">earthly</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ta (Art-ANP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">things.</a> 20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a> For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a> Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep. <a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12-14</a> These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed. / The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. / Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. <a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18-19</a> With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. / They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. <a href="/galatians/6-8.htm">Galatians 6:8</a> The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-17</a> Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever. <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a> For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. <a href="/jude/1-10.htm">Jude 1:10-13</a> These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively. / Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion. / These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. ... <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a> Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a> Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">1 Corinthians 6:13</a> “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-32.htm">1 Corinthians 15:32-34</a> If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” / Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” / Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame. <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Ephesians 2:3</a> All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)end.<a href="/matthew/25-41.htm">Matthew 25:41</a> Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:<a href="/luke/12-45.htm">Luke 12:45,46</a> But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; … <a href="/2_corinthians/11-15.htm">2 Corinthians 11:15</a> Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.whose God.<a href="/philippians/2-21.htm">Philippians 2:21</a> For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.<a href="/1_samuel/2-11.htm">1 Samuel 2:11-16,29</a> And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest… <a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10-12</a> His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber… whose glory.<a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Psalm 52:1</a> To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech. Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.<a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Hosea 4:7</a> As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.<a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15,16</a> Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! … who.<a href="/psalms/4-6.htm">Psalm 4:6,7</a> There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us… <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Psalm 17:14</a> From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.<a href="/matthew/16-23.htm">Matthew 16:23</a> But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/9-4.htm">Appetite</a> <a href="/titus/1-12.htm">Bellies</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Destiny</a> <a href="/philippians/1-28.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-12.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/philippians/2-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/philippians/2-10.htm">Earthly</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-18.htm">End</a> <a href="/philippians/3-14.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/philippians/3-3.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/philippians/3-16.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/philippians/2-2.htm">Minding</a> <a href="/philippians/2-2.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/philippians/1-28.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-13.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/philippians/3-16.htm">Think</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/11-6.htm">Appetite</a> <a href="/titus/1-12.htm">Bellies</a> <a href="/revelation/10-9.htm">Belly</a> <a href="/job/8-13.htm">Destiny</a> <a href="/colossians/2-22.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-10.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/colossians/3-2.htm">Earthly</a> <a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">End</a> <a href="/1_timothy/4-10.htm">Fixed</a> <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Glory</a> <a href="/philippians/4-2.htm">Mind</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-11.htm">Minding</a> <a href="/philippians/4-7.htm">Minds</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/colossians/2-15.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/1_timothy/5-23.htm">Stomach</a> <a href="/philippians/4-2.htm">Think</a><div class="vheading2">Philippians 3</div>1. <a href="/philippians/3-1.htm">He warns them to beware of the false teachers;</a> 4. <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">showing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the law;</a> 7. <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">which he counts as loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness;</a> 12. <a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">acknowledging his own imperfection and pressing on toward the goal;</a> 15. <a href="/philippians/3-15.htm">He exhorts them to be thus minded;</a> 17. <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">and to imitate him,</a> 18. <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">and to decline carnal ways.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/philippians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/philippians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/philippians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Their end is destruction This phrase highlights the ultimate fate of those who live contrary to the teachings of Christ. In the biblical context, "destruction" often refers to eternal separation from God, as seen in <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13</a>, where the broad path leads to destruction. This serves as a warning to believers about the consequences of living a life focused on worldly desires rather than spiritual truths. The term "end" implies a finality, underscoring the irreversible nature of this outcome for those who reject the gospel.Their god is their belly This phrase metaphorically describes individuals who prioritize physical appetites and desires over spiritual devotion. In the Greco-Roman world, indulgence in food and sensual pleasures was common, and this imagery would resonate with Paul's audience. The "belly" symbolizes self-gratification and idolatry of personal desires, echoing <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a>, where Paul warns against those who serve their own appetites. This serves as a caution against allowing physical desires to take precedence over spiritual commitments.And their glory is in their shame Here, Paul points out the irony of those who take pride in actions or lifestyles that are actually disgraceful. This could refer to behaviors that are celebrated in secular culture but are contrary to God's standards. In the context of Philippians, it may also address the Judaizers who boasted in their adherence to the law, which Paul considered a source of shame when it replaced faith in Christ. This concept is mirrored in <a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a>, where good is called evil and evil good, highlighting the moral inversion present in a fallen world.Their minds are set on earthly things This phrase indicates a focus on temporal, material concerns rather than eternal, spiritual realities. It contrasts with the mindset encouraged in <a href="/colossians/3-2.htm">Colossians 3:2</a>, where believers are urged to set their minds on things above. The cultural context of Philippi, a Roman colony, would have been one of wealth and status, tempting believers to prioritize earthly success. This serves as a reminder of the importance of maintaining a heavenly perspective, as emphasized in <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>, where treasures in heaven are valued over earthly wealth.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Philippians, Paul is writing to the church in Philippi to encourage them in their faith and warn them against false teachings. 2. <a href="/topical/p/philippi.htm">Philippi</a> A city in Macedonia where Paul established a church. It was a Roman colony and a significant location for early Christian evangelism. 3. <a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_the_cross.htm">Enemies of the Cross</a> Paul refers to those who live contrary to the teachings of Christ, focusing on earthly desires rather than spiritual truths.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a> Believers are called to focus on eternal values rather than temporary, earthly desires. This requires a conscious effort to prioritize spiritual growth over material gain. <a href="/topical/i/idolatry_of_the_flesh.htm">Idolatry of the Flesh</a> When Paul mentions "their god is their belly," he highlights the danger of allowing physical desires to take precedence over spiritual devotion. Christians must guard against making idols of their appetites. <a href="/topical/s/shame_and_glory.htm">Shame and Glory</a> The passage warns that what some consider glorious (earthly achievements or indulgences) is actually shameful in God's eyes. True glory is found in living a life that honors God. <a href="/topical/m/mindset_matters.htm">Mindset Matters</a> The focus of our thoughts greatly influences our actions. Setting our minds on earthly things leads to spiritual destruction, while focusing on Christ leads to life and peace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_philippians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Philippians 3</a> <a href="/q/who_idolizes_their_desires_most.htm">Who worships their own desires above all else?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_great_reset.htm">Who worships their own desires above all else?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_libertine.htm">What defines a libertine?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_junk_food.htm">What does the Bible say about consuming junk food?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/philippians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Whose end is destruction. . . .--The intense severity of this verse is only paralleled by such passages as <a href="/context/2_timothy/2-1.htm" title="You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.">2Timothy 2:1-5</a>; <a href="/context/2_peter/2-12.htm" title="But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;">2Peter 2:12-22</a>; <a href="/jude/1-4.htm" title="For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.">Jude 1:4</a>; <a href="/jude/1-8.htm" title="Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.">Jude 1:8</a>; <a href="/context/jude/1-12.htm" title="These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit wither, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;">Jude 1:12-13</a>. All express the burning indignation of a true servant of Christ against those who "turn the grace of God into lasciviousness," and "after escaping the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, are again entangled therein and overcome."Whose God is their belly.--A stronger reiteration of <a href="/romans/16-18.htm" title="For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.">Romans 16:18</a>, "They serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly." Note the emphasis laid on "feasting and rioting" in <a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm" title="And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;">2Peter 2:13</a>; <a href="/jude/1-12.htm" title="These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit wither, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;">Jude 1:12</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/philippians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - Whose end is destruction; rather, as R.V., perdition. Observe the contrast: not the prize of the high calling, but everlasting death. Whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame (comp. <a href="/romans/16-18.htm">Romans 16:18</a>). They boast of their liberty, and pervert it into licence' (<a href="/2_peter/2-19.htm">2 Peter 2:19</a>). Who mind earthly things; rather, they who mind. The irregularity of the construction (he returns to the nominative) seems expressive of the apostle's indignation. <a href="/commentaries/philippians/3-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[Their] ὧν (hōn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. end [is] τέλος (telos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5056.htm">Strong's 5056: </a> (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax. destruction, ἀπώλεια (apōleia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_684.htm">Strong's 684: </a> Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss. [their] ὧν (hōn) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. god [is] θεὸς (theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. [their] ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. belly, κοιλία (koilia) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2836.htm">Strong's 2836: </a> From koilos; a cavity, i.e. the abdomen; by implication, the matrix; figuratively, the heart. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. [their] ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. glory δόξα (doxa) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1391.htm">Strong's 1391: </a> From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application. [is] in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. their αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. shame. αἰσχύνῃ (aischynē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_152.htm">Strong's 152: </a> Shame, shamefacedness, shameful deeds. From aischunomai; shame or disgrace. Their οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. minds are set on φρονοῦντες (phronountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5426.htm">Strong's 5426: </a> (a) I think, (b) I think, judge, (c) I direct the mind to, seek for, (d) I observe, (e) I care for. earthly ἐπίγεια (epigeia) Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1919.htm">Strong's 1919: </a> From epi and ge; worldly. things. τὰ (ta) Article - Accusative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. 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