My citizenship is in heaven and from it I await a savior, the Lord Jesus, the Christ, who will transform my lowly body to be like his glorious body by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.  Therefore, I stand firm in the Lord. Therefore, I obey.  I work out my own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in me, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

I do all things without grumbling or disputing, that I may be blameless and innocent, a child of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom I shine as a light in the world, holding fast to the word of life.  Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering; I am glad and rejoice in the faith. I rejoice in the Lord. I am the circumcision and I worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Jesus, the Christ, and put no confidence in the flesh.  I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord.