Straining Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already (A)obtained this or (B)am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: (C)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for (D)the prize of the upward (E)call of God in Christ Jesus.

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12 Οὐχ ὅτι ἤδη ἔλαβον ἢ ἤδη τετελείωμαι, διώκω δὲ εἰ καὶ καταλάβω, ἐφ’ ᾧ καὶ κατελήμφθην ὑπὸ [a]Χριστοῦ. 13 ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν [b]οὐ λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι· ἓν δέ, τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ἐπιλανθανόμενος τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος, 14 κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω [c]εἰς τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

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Footnotes

  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ 3:12 Χριστοῦ Treg ] Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ WH NIV; τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ RP
  2. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ 3:13 οὐ Treg RP NA ] οὔπω WH NIV
  3. ΠΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΗΣΙΟΥΣ 3:14 εἰς WH Treg NIV ] ἐπὶ RP