10 I want to know(A) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(B) becoming like him in his death,(C) 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(D) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(E) but I press on to take hold(F) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(G)

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:11 Lit. arrive at
  2. Philippians 3:12 obtained it

[a] 10 My aim is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the sharing of His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death— 11 if somehow I might arrive at the resurrection from among the dead.

Pursuing the Goal

12 Not that I have already obtained this or been perfected, but I press on if only I might take hold of that for which Messiah Yeshua took hold of me.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:10 Or one that is through Messiah’s faithfulness—the righteousness from God based on faithfulness.