12 I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I

have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that

perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. 13 No, dear

brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing:

Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on

to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which

God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.

15 Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you

disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. 16 But

we must hold on to the progress we have already made.

17 Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn

from those who follow our example. 18 For I have told you often before,

and I say it again with tears in my eyes, that there are many whose

conduct shows they are really enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 They are

headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about

shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth. 20 But

we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are

eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. 21 He will take our weak

mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using

the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.

Philippians 3:12-21 NLT