¹⁰ that I may know Him and the ^(A)power of His resurrection, and ^(B)the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, ¹¹ if, by any means, I may ^(C)attain^[a] to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

¹² Not that I have already ^(D)attained,^[b] or am already ^(E)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

^18 (A)the eyes of your ^[a]understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is ^(B)the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, ^(C)according to the working of His mighty power ²⁰ which He worked in Christ when ^(D)He raised Him from the dead and ^(E)seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

³ And ^(A)this is eternal life, that they may know You, ^(B)the only true God, and Jesus Christ ^(C)whom You have sent.

The Test of Knowing Him

³ Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.