Philippians 3:14

and I run straight for the goal, that I may obtain the prize of victory of the call of God from on high, by Jesus the Messiah.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

In Context

13My brethren, I do not consider myself, as having taken it. But one thing I know, that I forget the things behind me, and reach for the things before me;

15Therefore let those who are perfect, have these views; and if ye differently view any thing, God will reveal that also to you.

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Cross References

Romans 8:28And we know that he aideth him in all things, for good, who love God; them whom he predestined to be called.

1 Corinthians 9:24Know ye not that they who run in the stadium, run all of them; yet it is one who gaineth the victory. Run ye, so as to attain.

1 Thessalonians 2:12and we charged you, to walk as it becometh God, who hath called you to his kingdom and his glory.

2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good combat, I have completed my race, I have preserved my fidelity;

Hebrews 6:1Therefore let us leave the commencement of the word of the Messiah, and let us proceed to the completion. Or will ye again lay another foundation for the repentance which is from dead works, and for the faith in God,

1 Peter 1:13Wherefore, gird up the loins of your minds. and be awake perfectly, and wait for the joy, which will come to you at the revelation of our Lord Jesus the Messiah,

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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