3:12 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. ⁴  3:13 Brothers and sisters, ⁵  I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: ⁶  Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 3:14 with this goal in mind, ⁷  I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God ⁸  in Christ Jesus. 3:15 Therefore let those of us who are “perfect” embrace this point of view. ⁹  If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. ¹⁰  3:16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard ¹¹  that we have already attained. ¹²