9. and be completely united with him. I no longer have a righteousness of my own, the kind that is gained by obeying the Law. I now have the righteousness that is given through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is based on faith.
10. All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,
11. in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life.
12. I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself.
13. Of course, my brothers and sisters, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
14. So I run straight towards the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
15. All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this clear to you.
16. However that may be, let us go forward according to the same rules we have followed until now.