Paulus
Running toward the Goal
Paul explains that he has not already reached the goal or become perfect, but presses on toward it because he himself has been grasped by Christ. He forgets what is behind and reaches forward to what lies ahead, pressing on toward the prize of victory at God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
Filipperbrevet 3,12-14
12Not that I have already obtained it or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ took hold of me.
Οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον ἢ ἤδη τετελείωμαι, διώκω δὲ εἰ καὶ καταλάβω, ἐφʼ ᾧ καὶ κατελήμφθην ὑπὸ ⸀Χριστοῦ.
13Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it yet. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining toward what lies ahead,
ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν ⸀οὐ λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι· ἓν δέ, τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ἐπιλανθανόμενος τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος,
14I press on toward the goal, to win the prize of God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω ⸀εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.