⁸ Yet indeed I also count all things loss ^(A)for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in Him, not having ^(B)my own righteousness, which is from the law, but ^(C)that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; ¹⁰ that I may know Him and the ^(D)power of His resurrection, and ^(E)the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, ¹¹ if, by any means, I may ^(F)attain^[a] to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

¹² Not that I have already ^(G)attained,^[b] or am already ^(H)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. ¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have ^[c]apprehended; but one thing I do, ^(I)forgetting those things which are behind and ^(J)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, ^14 (K)I press toward the goal for the prize of ^(L)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Therefore let us, as many as are ^(M)mature, ^(N)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, ^(O)God will reveal even this to you. ¹⁶ Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already ^[d]attained, ^(P)let us walk ^(Q)by the same ^[e]rule, let us be of the same mind.

Our Citizenship in Heaven

¹⁷ Brethren, ^(R)join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as ^(S)you have us for a pattern. ¹⁸ For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are ^(T)the enemies of the cross of Christ: ^19 (U)whose end is destruction, ^(V)whose god is their belly, and ^(W)whose glory is in their shame—^(X)who set their mind on earthly things.

^23 (A)He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

An Unclean Spirit Returns^(B)

^24 (C)“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ ²⁵ And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. ²⁶ Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and ^(D)the last state of that man is worse than the first.”