10. to know him and the power of his resurrection and [the] sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death,
11. if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
12. It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ [Jesus].
13. Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead,
14. I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God’s upward calling, in Christ Jesus.
15. Let us, then, who are “perfectly mature” adopt this attitude. And if you have a different attitude, this too God will reveal to you.
16. Only, with regard to what we have attained, continue on the same course.
17. Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.
18. For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.