From a letter written by the apostle Paul,
with Timotheus (Timothy),
to believers in Philippi:
with Timotheus (Timothy),
to believers in Philippi:
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark of the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.-Philippians 3:13-21***In a divinely inspired letter sent to believers in Corinth, the apostle Paul (Saul) wrote that believers should imitate his example of following Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. Years earlier, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Initially, Paul did not believe Jesus to be the Christ. Moreover, Paul agreed with the actions and guarded the garments of pelters who stoned Stephen, an Israelite believer, to death. Throughout Jerusalem, Paul persecuted and imprisoned fellow Israelites who believed Jesus to be the Christ of God. After Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them, and Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him, Paul spoke to Jesus, and obeyed Jesus, and in Damascus, Syria, Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul journeyed and taught the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life to Israelites and Gentiles, people not descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). In a letter to believers in Philippi, Paul wrote, with fellow believer Timotheus (Timothy), that believers were to be united in imitating him, and observant in regards to imitating prominent believers.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 8:1-40, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
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