Mace(i)
12 for I am not yet secure of the prize, I have not yet finish'd my course: but I press to obtain the reward, which Jesus Christ invited me to.
13 I don't imagine, my brethren, that I am arriv'd at the goal; but this I do, unmindful of what is pass'd, I stretch towards that which is in view,
14 I press towards the mark for the prize to which God has called me from above by Jesus Christ.
15 Let us therefore, who have been instructed, have this in view: and if you are sollicitous about any thing else, God will reveal even that unto you.
16 in the mean while, as we are already advanc'd so far, pursue your course, and keep it still in view:
17 tread in my steps, my brethren, and fix your eyes upon those who follow the example I give you.
18 for there are many that wander about, of whom I have frequently told you, and now repeat it with tears, that they are enemies to the cross of Christ:
19 who in the. end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth.
20 but we are the denisons of heaven, from whence we expect the saviour Jesus Christ our Lord.
21 it is he, that will change our vile body into a like form with his glorious body, by displaying that power which is able to subdue all things unto himself.