Philippians 3:7-21

7But 1whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. 8More than that, I count all things to be loss 2in view of the surpassing value of 34knowing 5Christ Jesus my Lord, 6for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, 9and may be found in Him, not having 7a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, 8the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10that I may 9know Him and 10the power of His resurrection and 1112the fellowship of His sufferings, being 13conformed to His death; 11if somehow I may 14attain to the resurrection from the dead.

12Not that I have already 1516grasped it all or have already 17become perfect, but I press on if I may also 18take hold of that 19for which I 20was even taken hold of by 21Christ Jesus. 13Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: 22forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14I 23press on toward the goal for the prize of the 24upward call of God in 25Christ Jesus. 15Therefore, all who are 2627mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a 28different attitude, 29God will reveal that to you as well; 16however, let’s keep 3031living by that same standard to which we have attained.

17Brothers and sisters, 32join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the 33pattern you have in us. 18For 34many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I 35weep, that they are the enemies of 36the cross of Christ, 19whose end is destruction, whose god is their 3738appetite, and whose 39glory is in their shame, who 40have their minds on earthly things. 20For 41our 42citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly 43wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; 21who will 44transform the body of our lowly condition into 45conformity with 46His 47glorious body, 48by the exertion of the power that He has even to 49subject all things to Himself.