¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world^(A) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.^(B)

²² But now he has reconciled^(A) you by Christ’s physical body^(B) through death to present you^(C) holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation^(D)— ²³ if you continue^(E) in your faith, established^(F) and firm, and do not move from the hope^(G) held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven,^(H) and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.^(I)

¹⁶ Live as free people,^(A) but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil;^(B) live as God’s slaves.^(C)

⁸ If we claim to be without sin,^(A) we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.^{(B) 9} If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^(C) and purify us from all unrighteousness.^(D)

¹⁰ I want to know^(A) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,^(B) becoming like him in his death,^{(C) 11} and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection^(D) from the dead.

¹² Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,^(E) but I press on to take hold^(F) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.^{(G) 13} Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind^(H) and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press on^(I) toward the goal to win the prize^(J) for which God has called^(K) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.