11 assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.

Reaching Forward to God’s Goal

12 Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold(A) of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not[a] consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(B) and reaching forward to what is ahead,

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11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(A) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(B) but I press on to take hold(C) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(D) 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(E) and straining toward what is ahead,

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