'Goal' in the Bible
fulfill my joy by thinking the same way, having the same love, sharing the same feelings, focusing on one goal.
So then, my dear ones, just as you have always obeyed [my instructions with enthusiasm], not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation [that is, cultivate it, bring it to full effect, actively pursue spiritual maturity] with awe-inspired fear and trembling [using serious caution and critical self-evaluation to avoid anything that might offend God or discredit the name of Christ].
My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.