¹³Brothers and sisters, I don’t consider that I have taken hold of it yet. But here is the one thing I do. I forget what is behind me. I push hard toward what is ahead of me. ¹⁴I move on toward the goal to win the prize. God has appointed me to win it. The heavenly prize is Christ Jesus himself.

¹⁵All of us who are grown up in the faith should see things that way. Maybe you think differently about something. But God will make it clear to you. ¹⁶Only let us live up to what we have already reached.

¹⁷Brothers and sisters, join with others in following my example. Pay close attention to those who live in keeping with the pattern we gave you.

¹⁸I have told you those things many times before. Now I say it again with tears in my eyes. Many people live like enemies of the cross of Christ. ¹⁹The only thing they have coming to them is death. Their stomach is their god. They brag about what they should be ashamed of. They think only about earthly things.

²⁰But we are citizens of heaven. And we can hardly wait for a Savior from there. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. ²¹He has the power to bring everything under his control. By his power he will change our earthly bodies. They will become like his glorious body.

4My brothers and sisters, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord’s strength. I love you and long for you. Dear friends, you are my joy and my crown.

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