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that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,

and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

For you know how, like a father with his children,

we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you?

so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,