But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival so I could celebrate with my friends.

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action.

That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.

So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.

It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God's heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.

Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

The goal of this instruction is love that flows from a pure heart, from a clear conscience, and from a sincere faith.

because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.