11 that by any means possible I may (A)attain the resurrection from the dead.

Straining Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already (B)obtained this or (C)am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: (D)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for (E)the prize of the upward (F)call of God in Christ Jesus.

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(A)Let us know; (B)let us press on to know the Lord;
    (C)his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us (D)as the showers,
    (E)as the spring rains that water the earth.”

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