Philippians 3:19

Judgment Self-control Shame

¹⁷ Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

¹⁸ For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

²⁰ But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

²¹ who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
KJV: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
WEB: whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.
ASV: whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
DARBY: whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and [their] glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:)
BLB: whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly and [their] glory [is] in their shame, those minding earthly things.

ÅB: hvis ende er fortapelse, hvis gud er buken, og som setter sin ære i sin skam, de som attrår de jordiske ting.
OTB: Deres ende er ødeleggelse, deres gud er deres mage, og deres ære er i deres skam. Deres sinn er satt på jordiske ting.
B1930: hvis ende er fortapelse, hvis gud er buken, og som setter sin ære i sin skam, de som attrår de jordiske ting.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 16:18
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.
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Romans 8:5–7
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
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2 Peter 2:3
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.
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Colossians 3:2
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
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Jude 1:12–13
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.
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2 Corinthians 11:15
It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.
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2 Peter 2:1
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.
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2 Corinthians 11:12
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
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