Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already obtained or have already been fully perfected, but I press forward, if also I might seize upon that for which also I was seized by Christ Jesus.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
11if somehow I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.
Cross References
Psalms 42:1As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.
Psalms 63:8My soul follows close after thee. Thy right hand upholds me,
Psalms 94:15For judgment shall return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were established to observe thy statutes!
Psalms 138:8LORD will perfect that which concerns me. Thy loving kindness, O LORD, [is] forever. Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek LORD. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.
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 →