Pressing Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already (A)attained,[a] or am already (B)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 [b]apprehended; but one thing I do, (C)forgetting those things which are behind and (D)reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 (E)I press toward the goal for the prize of (F)the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

15 Therefore let us, as many as are (G)mature, (H)have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, (I)God will reveal even this to you. 16 Nevertheless, to the degree that we have already [c]attained, (J)let us walk (K)by the same [d]rule, let us be of the same mind.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:12 obtained it
  2. Philippians 3:13 laid hold of it
  3. Philippians 3:16 arrived
  4. Philippians 3:16 NU omits rule and the rest of v. 16.

12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may [a]lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself [b]yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the [c]high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are [d]perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you: 16 only, whereunto we have attained, by that same rule let us walk.

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:12 Or, lay hold, seeing that also I was laid hold on
  2. Philippians 3:13 Many ancient authorities omit yet.
  3. Philippians 3:14 Or, upward
  4. Philippians 3:15 Or, full-grown. 1 Cor. 2:6