Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not regard myself to have yet laid hold of it; but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind me, but straining every nerve toward that which lies ahead,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14I am ever pressing on toward the goal, for the prize of God’s heavenward call in Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Luke 9:62But Jesus answered him, "No man who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God."
Romans 15:23But now, since I have no more any "opening" in these parts, and since I have longed for many years to come to you
2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore henceforth I know no one simply as a man - even if I have known Christ as a man, yet now I do so no longer.
Philippians 2:12And so, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, with reverence and self- distrust work out your own salvation;
Philippians 3:12I do not say that I have already won, or am already perfect, but I am passing on to lay hold on the prize for which also Christ has laid hold of me.
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 →