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 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, 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 be thus minded; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, God will reveal that also to you. 3 ¹⁶ Only let us hold true to what we have attained.

3 ¹⁷ Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us. 3 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. 3 ¹⁹ Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 3 ²⁰ But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, 3 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.

4 ¹ Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.