12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal; 1 but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Beloved, 2 I do not consider that I have made it my own; 3 but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly 4 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, 5 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 6 is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will transform the body of our humiliation 7 that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, 8 by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.
1 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, 9 whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.