Reaching Forward to God’s Goal

¹² Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold^(A) of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified.

⁴⁰ since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.^(A)