12 Not that I have already [a](A)grasped it all or have already (B)become perfect, but I press on if I may also (C)take hold of that [b]for which I (D)was even taken hold of by (E)Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: (F)forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I (G)press on toward the goal for the prize of the (H)upward call of God in (I)Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore, all who are [c](J)mature, let’s have this attitude; and if in anything you have a (K)different attitude, (L)God will reveal that to you as well; 16 however, let’s keep [d](M)living by that same standard to which we have attained.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:12 Or obtained
  2. Philippians 3:12 Or because also
  3. Philippians 3:15 Or perfect
  4. Philippians 3:16 Lit following in line

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, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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15 Therefore as many as are perfect, let us hold this opinion[d], and if you think anything differently, God will reveal this also to you. 16 Only to what we have attained, to the same hold on.

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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
  4. Philippians 3:15 Literally “let us think this”