Phippians 3:12-21.
Philippians 3:12-21 (Good News Translation)
12I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become
perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has
already won me to himself.
13Of course, my friends, I really do not
think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however,
is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
14So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize,
which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
15All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same
attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this
clear to you.
16However that may be, let us go forward according to the same
rules we have followed until now.
17Keep on imitating me, my friends. Pay attention to those who
follow the right example that we have set for you.
18I have told you this many times before, and now I repeat it
with tears: there are many whose lives make them enemies of Christ's death
on the cross.
19They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their
bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they
think only of things that belong to this world.
20We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for
our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.
21He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his
own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all
things under his rule.
God bless you.
12I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become
perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has
already won me to himself.
13Of course, my friends, I really do not
think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however,
is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
14So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize,
which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
15All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same
attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this
clear to you.
16However that may be, let us go forward according to the same
rules we have followed until now.
17Keep on imitating me, my friends. Pay attention to those who
follow the right example that we have set for you.
18I have told you this many times before, and now I repeat it
with tears: there are many whose lives make them enemies of Christ's death
on the cross.
19They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their
bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they
think only of things that belong to this world.
20We, however, are citizens of heaven, and we eagerly wait for
our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.
21He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his
own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all
things under his rule.
God bless you.
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