⁹ And it is my prayer that ^(A)your love may abound more and more, ^(B)with knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ so that you may approve what is excellent, ^(C)and so be pure and blameless ^(D)for the day of Christ, ¹¹ filled ^(E)with the fruit of righteousness that comes ^(F)through Jesus Christ, ^(G)to the glory and praise of God.

¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for ^(A)the prize of the upward ^(B)call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us who are ^(C)mature think this way, and if in anything ^(D)you think otherwise, ^(E)God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶ Only ^(F)let us hold true to what we have attained.

¹⁷ Brothers, ^(G)join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk ^(H)according to the example you have in us. ¹⁸ For ^(I)many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you ^(J)even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. ^19 (K)Their end is destruction, ^(L)their god is their belly, and ^(M)they glory in their shame, with ^(N)minds set on earthly things. ²⁰ But ^(O)our citizenship is in heaven, and ^(P)from it we ^(Q)await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ who will transform ^(R)our lowly body ^(S)to be like his glorious body, ^(T)by the power that enables him even ^(U)to subject all things to himself.