Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may apprehend that for which also I was apprehended by Christ Jesus.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
11if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.
Cross References
Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 63:8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalms 94:15For judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were established to observe thy statutes!
Psalms 138:8The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit 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 →