¹² Not that I have already ^[a](A)grasped it all or have already ^(B)become perfect, but I press on if I may also ^(C)take hold of that ^[b]for which I ^(D)was even taken hold of by ^(E)Christ Jesus. ¹³ Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: ^(F)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I ^(G)press on toward the goal for the prize of the ^(H)upward call of God in ^(I)Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Therefore, all who are ^[c](J)mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a ^(K)different attitude, ^(L)God will reveal that to you as well; ¹⁶ however, let’s keep ^[d](M)living by that same standard to which we have attained.

¹⁷ Brothers and sisters, ^(N)join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the ^(O)pattern you have in us. ¹⁸ For ^(P)many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I ^(Q)weep, that they are the enemies of ^(R)the cross of Christ, ¹⁹ whose end is destruction, whose god is their ^[e](S)appetite, and whose ^(T)glory is in their shame, who ^(U)have their minds on earthly things. ²⁰ For ^(V)our ^[f]citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly ^(W)wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; ²¹ who will ^(X)transform the body of our lowly condition into ^(Y)conformity with ^[g]His ^(Z)glorious body, ^(AA)by the exertion of the power that He has even to ^(AB)subject all things to Himself.

Think of Excellence

4 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, ^[h]whom I ^(AC)long to see, my joy and crown, ^(AD)stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.