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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.
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12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
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13 Brethren, 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,
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13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
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14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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15 Let those of us who are mature be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you.
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15 All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
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16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
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16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
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17 Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us.
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17 Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.
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18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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18 For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
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19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.
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20 But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
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21 who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself.
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21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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