Philippians 3:13-4:1

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹³ Beloved,^[a] I do not consider that I have made it my own;^[b] but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on towards the goal for the prize of the heavenly^[c] call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us then who are mature be of the same mind; and if you think differently about anything, this too God will reveal to you. ¹⁶ Only let us hold fast to what we have attained.

¹⁷ Brothers and sisters,^[d] join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. ¹⁸ For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. ¹⁹ Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. ²⁰ But our citizenship^[e] is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. ²¹ He will transform the body of our humiliation^[f] so that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,^[g] by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself. 4 ¹ Therefore, my brothers and sisters,^[h] whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.