11 If by any means I might attain unto the [a]resurrection of the dead:

12 Not as though I had already attained to it, either were already perfect: but I follow, if that I may comprehend that for whose sake also I am [b]comprehended of Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I count not myself, that I have attained to it, but one thing I do: I forget that which is behind, and endeavor myself unto that which is before,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:11 To life everlasting, which followeth the resurrection of the Saints.
  2. Philippians 3:12 For we run not, but so far forth, as we are laid hold on of Christ, that is, as God giveth us strength, and showeth us the way.

11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(A) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(B) but I press on to take hold(C) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(D) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(E) and straining toward what is ahead,

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11 if, by any means, I may (A)attain[a] to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already (B)attained,[b] or am already (C)perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [c]apprehended; but one thing I do, (D)forgetting those things which are behind and (E)reaching forward to those things which are ahead,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:11 Lit. arrive at
  2. Philippians 3:12 obtained it
  3. Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it