Paul was encouraging his spiritual brothers not to allow problems, difficulties, persecutions — tribulations of whatever nature — to cloud their view of the glorious reward that had been set before them.
Pāvils mudināja savus garīgos brāļus nepieļaut, lai kādi pārbaudījumi — problēmas, šķēršļi, vajāšanas — aizēnotu viņu skatu uz lielisko balvu, kas bija gaidāma nākotnē.