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10 I want to know Christ[a] and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, 11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.(A)

Pressing toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal,[b] but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ[c] has laid hold of me.(B) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold[d] of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(C) 14 I press on toward the goal, toward the prize of the heavenly[e] call of God in Christ Jesus.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.10 Gk him
  2. 3.12 Or have already been made perfect
  3. 3.12 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
  4. 3.13 Other ancient authorities read yet laid hold
  5. 3.14 Gk upward

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) 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(H) and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on(I) toward the goal to win the prize(J) for which God has called(K) me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

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10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

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,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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