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13 Brothers, I do not count myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Pressing Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already obtained it, or have already been made perfect; but I press on, if also I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers, I do not count myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Therefore, as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, even this God will reveal to you.

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Born Again to a Living Hope

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

10 For they indeed disciplined us for a few days, as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may partake of His holiness. 11 Now no discipline seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, later it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those having been trained by it.

Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, "Today and tomorrow let us travel to this city, and let us spend a year there, and let us trade and make a profit"— 14 you who do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little time, but then also disappears. 15 Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that." 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

17 Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.