¹⁰ We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,^(A) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.^(B)

¹⁰ I want to know^(A) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,^(B) becoming like him in his death,^{(C) 11} and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection^(D) from the dead.

¹² Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,^(E) but I press on to take hold^(F) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.^{(G) 13} Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind^(H) and straining toward what is ahead, ¹⁴ I press on^(I) toward the goal to win the prize^(J) for which God has called^(K) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Following Paul’s Example

¹⁵ All of us, then, who are mature^(L) should take such a view of things.^(M) And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.^{(N) 16} Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

¹⁷ Join together in following my example,^(O) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.^{(P) 18} For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears,^(Q) many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.^{(R) 19} Their destiny^(S) is destruction, their god is their stomach,^(T) and their glory is in their shame.^(U) Their mind is set on earthly things.^{(V) 20} But our citizenship^(W) is in heaven.^(X) And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,^{(Y) 21} who, by the power^(Z) that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies^(AA) so that they will be like his glorious body.^(AB)

¹² having been buried with him in baptism,^(A) in which you were also raised with him^(B) through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.^(C)

Living as Those Made Alive in Christ

3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,^(A) set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.^(B)