¹² Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

¹¹ But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

¹² Be fighting the good fight of the faith; take for yourself the life eternal, for which you were marked out, and of which you gave witness in the eyes of all.

¹⁹ Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.

¹³ Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

¹⁴ I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

³ And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.

¹ Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.

¹⁰ But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary.

⁴ Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

¹³ But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

¹⁸ But be increased in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May he have glory now and for ever. So be it.

⁸ The Lord will make all things complete for me: O Lord, your mercy is eternal; do not give up the works of your hands.

¹⁵ But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:

²³ To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

¹¹ And let him be turned from evil and do good; searching for peace and going after it with all his heart.

¹² For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

¹³ Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

⁵ So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

⁶ And self-control to knowledge, and a quiet mind to self-control, and fear of God to a quiet mind,

⁷ And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

⁸ For if you have these things in good measure, they will make you fertile and full of fruit in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

¹⁴ Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

¹⁰ And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

¹⁵ Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

¹⁶ Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

¹⁷ For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

⁹ Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

¹ <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

² To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the holy place.

³ Because your mercy is better than life, my lips will give you praise.

⁸ My soul keeps ever near you: your right hand is my support.

² The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

² The Lord will send out the rod of your strength from Zion; be king over your haters.

³ Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.

⁵ If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!

¹⁸ But the way of the upright is like the light of early morning, getting brighter and brighter till the full day.

³ And while he was journeying, he came near Damascus; and suddenly he saw a light from heaven shining round him;

⁴ And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

⁵ And he said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking:

⁶ But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

¹ Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

¹⁷³ Let your hand be near for my help; for I have given my heart to your orders.

¹⁷⁴ All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

¹⁷⁵ Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

¹⁷⁶ I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

¹⁹ For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.

²⁰ But if I do what I have no mind to do, it is no longer I who do it, but the sin living in me.

²¹ So I see a law that, though I have a mind to do good, evil is present in me.

²² In my heart I take pleasure in the law of God,

²³ But I see another law in my body, working against the law of my mind, and making me the servant of the law of sin which is in my flesh.

²⁴ How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?

⁹ For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

¹² For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

²¹ Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.

² For we all go wrong in a number of things. If a man never makes a slip in his talk, then he is a complete man and able to keep all his body in control.

¹⁵ But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.