10. All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did,
11. so that somehow I also may be raised to life.
12. I have not yet reached my goal, and I am not perfect. But Christ has taken hold of me. So I keep on running and struggling to take hold of the prize.
13. My friends, I don't feel that I have already arrived. But I forget what is behind, and I struggle for what is ahead.
14. I run towards the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven. This is the prize that God offers because of what Christ Jesus has done.
15. All of us who are mature should think in this same way. And if any of you think differently, God will make it clear to you.
16. But we must keep going in the direction that we are now headed.
17. My friends, I want you to follow my example and learn from others who closely follow the example we set for you.
18. I often warned you that many people are living as enemies of the cross of Christ. And now with tears in my eyes, I warn you again