Philippians 3:14
but one thing I do; forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to those which are before, I press toward the goal, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
In Context
13Brethren, I do not conclude that I have already laid hold:
Cross References
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good, to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 9:24Know you not that all the runners in the race-course run the race, but that one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain the prize.
1 Thessalonians 2:12that you should walk in a manner worthy of God, who has called you to his own kingdom and glory.
2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:
Hebrews 6:1Therefore, omitting the elementary Christian teaching, let us go on to the perfection of Christian instruction, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, gird up the loins of your mind; be watchful, and hope constantly for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus 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 →