For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.

Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Straining Toward the Goal

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.