[3:12] 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.
[3:13] Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
[3:14] I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
[3:15] Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
[3:16] Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
[3:17] Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
[3:18] For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
[3:19] Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
[3:20] But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
[3:21] 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.
[4:1] Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.