Philippians 3:11
in the hope of attaining the resurrection from the dead.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
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Luke 20:35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are they given in marriage.
Acts 23:6Now when Paul realized that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is regarding the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Acts 27:12Because the harbor was not a suitable place for spending the winter, the majority made a decision to set sail from there also, hoping to somehow reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, so that we could spend the winter there.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became like one who is weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.
2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds will be led astray from simple devotion to 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 →