Philippians 3:11
if somehow I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 49:7none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him
Luke 20:35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
Acts 23:6But when Paul ascertained that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, son of a Pharisee. About the hope and resurrection of the dead I am judged.
Acts 27:12And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.
2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent enticed Eve by his craftiness, so your thoughts might be corrupted from the simplicity in the Christ.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 3:10-15
The Apostle's Concern, Hope, and Aim. ( a. d. 62.) 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if… Read the whole commentary →