Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

这不是说我已经得着了，已经完全了；我乃是竭力追求，或者可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的。

这不是说我已经得着了，已经完全了；而是竭力追求，或许可以得着基督耶稣所要我得着的。

这不是说我已经得着了，已经完全了；而是竭力追求，或许可以得着基督耶稣所要我得着的。

这并不是说我已经得到了或者纯全了，我还要竭力追求，或者可以达到基督耶稣要我达到的目标。

这并不是说我已经得着了，已经完全了，而是竭力追求，好使我可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的（“所以得着我的”或译：“要我得着的”）。

这并不是说我已经得到了，或已经得以完全了，而是说我在竭力追求，或许我真的可以得着；为此我也被基督耶稣得着了。

這不是說我已經得着了，已經完全了；我乃是竭力追求，或者可以得着基督耶穌所以得着我的。

這不是說我已經得着了，已經完全了；而是竭力追求，或許可以得着基督耶穌所要我得着的。

這不是說我已經得着了，已經完全了；而是竭力追求，或許可以得着基督耶穌所要我得着的。

這並不是說我已經得到了或者純全了，我還要竭力追求，或者可以達到基督耶穌要我達到的目標。

這並不是說我已經得著了，已經完全了，而是竭力追求，好使我可以得著基督耶穌所以得著我的（“所以得著我的”或譯：“要我得著的”）。

這不是說我已經得着了，或是已經得完全了；我乃是竭力追求，或者可以抓得着我之所以也被基督抓着的。

這並不是說我已經得到了，或已經得以完全了，而是說我在竭力追求，或許我真的可以得著；為此我也被基督耶穌得著了。

非謂我既得既成、惟趨進庶可獲基督耶穌所以獲我者也、

然我未嘗得、我事猶未成、惟得生是求、蓋為此意、基督耶穌獲我、

我非言已得、或已成全、我惟追求、或可得之、基督耶穌得我、亦為欲我得之也、

予非自謂已奪得錦標、或已臻無過之境；第予仍朝乾夕惕努力前進、以冀能把握基督、亦如予之夙為基督所把握也。

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

I have not yet received all these things. I have not yet reached my goal. Christ Jesus took hold of me so that I could reach that goal. So I keep pushing myself forward to reach it.

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.

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.

Not that I have already grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.

Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

But you, man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of eternal life to which you were called and about which you have made a good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge,knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness,godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

and let him turn away from evil and do what is good. Let him seek peace and pursue it,because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do what is evil.Who then will harm you if you are devoted to what is good?

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me. LORD, your faithful love endures forever; do not abandon the work of your hands.

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug.

For he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in love before him.

Let’s strive to know the LORD. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.

God, you are my God; I eagerly seek you. I thirst for you; my body faints for you in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory.My lips will glorify you because your faithful love is better than life.

equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

In any case, we should live up to whatever truth we have attained.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness— without it no one will see the Lord.

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.

For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is mature, able also to control the whole body.

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

but when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end.

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of what is truly life.

I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

and is well known for good works— that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

I follow close to you; your right hand holds on to me.

As he traveled and was nearing Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him.Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him,“ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”“ Who are you, Lord?” Saul said.“ I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting,” he replied.“ But get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

If only my ways were committed to keeping your statutes!

But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.

We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

for the administration of justice will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

For I do not do the good that I want to do, but I practice the evil that I do not want to do.Now if I do what I do not want, I am no longer the one that does it, but it is the sin that lives in me.So I discover this law: When I want to do what is good, evil is present with me.For in my inner self I delight in God’s law,but I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,

May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.I long for your salvation, LORD, and your instruction is my delight.Let me live, and I will praise you; may your judgments help me.I wander like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.

As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.

The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over your surrounding enemies.Your people will volunteer on your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.

But the Lord said to him,“ Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.