11 if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already received this,[a] or have already been made perfect, but I press on if indeed I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ.[b] 13 Brothers, I do not consider myself to have laid hold of it.[c] But I do one thing, forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Philippians 3:12 Some manuscripts have “Christ Jesus”
  3. Philippians 3:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

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 that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

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