Not that I have already attained this or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took of me. I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it, but one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and striving toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize that god has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too god will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained. Join with others in following my example and take note of those who are living according to the pattern we gave them. For as I've often said before and say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a savior from there. Who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they become like his glorious body. Friends, whom I love and long for, my joy and my crown, this is how we should stand firm in the lord.
Some more of Phil 3
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