Philippians 3:12
Not that I have, already, received, or have, already, reached perfection, but I am pressing on—if I may even lay hold of that for which I have also been laid hold of by Christ [Jesus]:—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11If by any means I may advance to the earlier resurrection, which is from among the dead:
Cross References
Psalms 42:1As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.
Psalms 63:8My soul hath run clinging to thee, On me, hath thy right hand laid hold.
Psalms 94:15For, unto righteousness, shall the judicial sentence return, Then shall follow it—all the upright in heart.
Psalms 119:5Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.
Psalms 138:8Yahweh, will carry through my cause,—O Yahweh! thy lovingkindness, is age-abiding, The works of thine own hands, do not thou desert.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken unto me, Ye that pursue righteousness, Ye that seek Yahweh,—Look well unto the rock whence ye were hewn, And unto the quarry whence ye were digged:
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 →