Philippians 3:11
If only I might attain to the resurrection of the dead.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
In Context
Cross References
Luke 20:35But those who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Acts 23:6But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: it is for the hope of the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.
Acts 27:12And because the haven was not suitable to winter in, the majority advised to put out to sea from there, in hopes of reaching Phoenix, a harbour of Crete, which faces toward the southwest and northwest, and wintering there.
1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak: I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
2 Corinthians 11:3But I fear, lest, as the serpent deceived Eve through his cunning, so your minds will be led astray from the simplicity that is in 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 →