Philippians 3:11

If somehow I may attain to the Techiyas HaMesim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

In Context

10I want to have da'as of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, and of the gevurah (power) of the Techiyas HaMoshiach and the deveykus (attachment to G-d) of Moshiachʼs yissurim (sufferings), + 3:10 1:29; Ro 8:17; Ga 6:17 being formed into the mode of being of Moshiachʼs death, + 3:10 death to the sinful Olam Hazeh and the unregenerate basar Ro 6:3-5

12Not that already I obtained or already have been made shleimut, but I pursue this tachlis (final end, aim) that I may lay hold of + 3:12 1Ti 6:12,19 cf. Pp 2:6 that for which I was laid hold of by Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua. + 3:12 Ac 9:5-6

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Cross References

Psalms 49:7They that trust in their chayil (wealth), 1 and boast themselves in the rov of their oshir (riches); 1

Luke 20:35But the ones having been considered worthy to attain to the Olam HaBah and the Techiyas HaMesim neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Acts 23:6And Rav Sha'ul, having da'as that one kat is of Tzedukim (Sadducees) and the other of Perushim (Pharisees), was crying out in the Sanhedrin, Anashim, Achim, I am a Parush ben Parush and it is for the tikvah of the Techiyas HaMesim that I am being judged.

Acts 27:12But the port being unfavorably situated for spending the winter, the majority decided to set sail from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix to spend the winter. It was a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest.

1 Corinthians 9:22I became weak to the weak ones that I might win the weak ones. I have become all things to kol Bnei Adam, that by all means I might save some.

2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear lest somehow as the Nachash deceived Chavah by his cunning, + 11:3 Gn 3:1-6,13 your machshavot should be led astray from a simple and pure deveykus to Moshiach.

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 →

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