Brethren, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and stretching forward to those things which are ahead,

Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us be of the same mind.

O that my ways were fixed to keep Your Statutes!

Let Your hand help me, for I have chosen Your Precepts.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; and let Your justice help me.

For the good that I wish to do, I do not do; but the evil I do not wish to do, that I practice.

I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one desiring to do good.

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a flawless man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Yet the righteous will take hold on his way, and he who has clean hands shall increase strength.

Jehovah will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Jehovah, is eternal; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

But the path of the just is as the brightness of dawn, that keeps getting brighter until it is fully daytime.

But when the complete whole comes, then that which is in part will come to an end.

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilements of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.

for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ,

to the gathering and assembly of the firstborn who are registered in Heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made complete,

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, supply with your faith virtue, with virtue knowledge,

with godliness brotherly affection, and with brotherly affection love.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Maschil. For the sons of Korah.] i0 par As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.

i1 [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] i0 par O God, You are my Mighty God. I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.

My soul longs, yea, is spent for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living Mighty God.

But justice shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek Jehovah: Look to the rock from which you have been hewn, and to the hole of the pit from which you have been dug.

Then we shall know, we who follow on to know Jehovah. His going forth is established as the dawn. And He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.

being well reported of for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.

But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord;

Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.

And who is he who will harm you if you become imitators of what is good?

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Jehovah shall send the staff of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies.

Your people shall be volunteers in the day of Your power; in the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, You have the dew of Your youth.

But as he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from Heaven.

And he said, Who are You, Sir? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.

just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blemish before Him in love,

But we owe thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,