Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward to the things which are ahead,
New Heart English Bible
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In Context
14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Cross References
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the Lord, that I will seek after,that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,to see the Lord's beauty,and to inquire in his temple.
Luke 9:62But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
Romans 15:23but now, no longer having any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come to you,
2 Corinthians 5:16Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
Philippians 2:12So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 3:12Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
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 →