Philippians 3:19 “Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is…”

Philippians 3:19

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

World English Bible

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

American Standard Version

whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Geneva Bible 1599

Whose ende is damnation, whose God is their bellie, and whose glorie is to their shame, which minde earthly things.

Darby Translation

whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and [their] glory in their shame, who mind earthly things:)

Young's Literal Translation

whose end [is] destruction, whose god [is] the belly, and whose glory [is] in their shame, who the things on earth are minding.

Bible in Basic English

Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.

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Cross references

“end”

2 Peter 2:3 2 Corinthians 11:15 2 Peter 2:1 Revelation 21:8 2 Thessalonians 2:8 2 Thessalonians 2:12

2 Peter 2:3 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 11:15 · BSB

It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their actions.

2 Peter 2:1 · BSB

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 o…

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

2 Thessalonians 2:8 · BSB

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

2 Thessalonians 2:12 · BSB

in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

“whose God”

Romans 16:18 2 Peter 2:13 Philippians 2:21 Ezekiel 34:3 Malachi 1:12 1 Timothy 6:5

Romans 16:18 · BSB

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.

2 Peter 2:13 · BSB

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.

Philippians 2:21 · BSB

For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

Ezekiel 34:3 · BSB

You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.

Malachi 1:12 · BSB

“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’

1 Timothy 6:5 · BSB

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

“whose glory”

Hosea 4:7 2 Corinthians 11:12 Galatians 6:13 1 Corinthians 5:2 1 Corinthians 5:6 Jude 1:16

Hosea 4:7 · BSB

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

2 Corinthians 11:12 · BSB

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.

Galatians 6:13 · BSB

For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

1 Corinthians 5:2 · BSB

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

1 Corinthians 5:6 · BSB

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

Jude 1:16 · BSB

These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

“who”

Romans 8:5–7 Psalm 17:14 1 Corinthians 3:3 Matthew 16:23 Psalm 4:6 Psalm 4:7

Romans 8:5–7 · BSB

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.

Psalm 17:14 · BSB

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

1 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB

for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?

Matthew 16:23 · BSB

But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me. For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

Psalm 4:6 · BSB

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Psalm 4:7 · BSB

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Also

Colossians 3:2 Romans 6:21

Colossians 3:2 · BSB

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Romans 6:21 · BSB

What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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