Philippians 3:11
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 49:7No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
Luke 20:35But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 27:12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided to sail on, hoping that somehow they could reach Phoenix to winter there. Phoenix was a harbor in Crete facing both southwest and northwest.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became like one who is weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from the simplicity that is in 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 →