Straining Toward the Goal

¹² Not that I have already ^(A)obtained this or ^(B)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: ^(C)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for ^(D)the prize of the upward ^(E)call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us who are ^(F)mature think this way, and if in anything ^(G)you think otherwise, ^(H)God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶ Only ^(I)let us hold true to what we have attained.

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

4 Therefore, my brothers,^[a] whom I love and ^(A)long for, ^(B)my joy and ^(C)crown, ^(D)stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.