Philippians 3:15

Philippians 3:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
• New International Version (NIV)All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore let us, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal even this to you.

Context of Philippians 3:15

13Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing — forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before, 14I pursue, [looking] towards [the] goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus. As many therefore as [are] perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you. 16But whereto we have attained, [let us] walk in the same steps. 17Be imitators [all] together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;

Philippians 3:15 word by word

ὅσοι οὖν τέλειοι, τοῦτο φρονῶμεν· καὶ εἴ τι ἑτέρως φρονεῖτε, καὶ τοῦτο ὁ θεὸς ὑμῖν ἀποκαλύψει·Read the interlinear

• manyὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• perfectτέλειοςteleios · perfectG5046
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• revealἀποκαλύπτωapokaluptō · to revealG601

Cross-references for Philippians 3:15

• Romans 15:1But we ought, we that are strong, to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
• 1 Corinthians 2:6But we speak wisdom among the perfect; but wisdom not of this world, nor of the rulers of this world, who come to nought.
• 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in [your] minds, but in malice be babes; but in [your] minds be grown [men].
• Colossians 1:28whom we announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.
• Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is [one] of you, [the] bondman of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always combating earnestly for you in prayers, to the end that ye may stand perfect and complete in all [the] will of God.
• 2 Timothy 3:17that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work.
• Hebrews 5:14but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.
• James 1:4But let endurance have [its] perfect work, that ye may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
• 1 John 2:5but whoever keeps his word, in him verily the love of God is perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him.
• Philippians 3:12Not that I have already obtained [the prize], or am already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may get possession [of it], seeing that also I have been taken possession of by Christ [Jesus].
• Galatians 5:10I have confidence as to you in [the] Lord, that ye will have no other mind; and he that is troubling you shall bear the guilt [of it], whosoever he may be.
• Psalms 25:8Good and upright is Jehovah; therefore will he instruct sinners in the way:
• Proverbs 2:3yea, if thou criest after discernment [and] liftest up thy voice to understanding;
• Proverbs 3:5Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;
• Isaiah 35:8And a highway shall be there and a way, and it shall be called, The way of holiness: the unclean shall not pass through it; but it shall be for these. Those that go [this] way — even fools, — shall not err [therein].
• Luke 11:13If therefore ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall the Father who is of heaven give [the] Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Commentaries on Philippians 3:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15As many as be perfect - As many as are thoroughly instructed in Divine things, who have cast off all dependence on the law and on every other system for salvation, and who discern God calling them from above by Christ Jesus; be thus minded; be intensely in earnest for eternal life, nor ever halt till the race is finished. The word , perfect, is taken here in the same sense in which it is taken 1 Corinthians 14:20; : - Be not Children in understanding…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect - see the notes at Phlippians 3:12. Or, rather, those who would be perfect; or who are aiming at perfection. It can hardly be supposed that the apostle would address them as already perfect, when he had just said of himself that lie had not attained to that state. But those whom he addressed might be supposed to be aiming at perfection, and he exhorts them, therefore, to have the same spirit that he himself had, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 This simple dependence and earnestness of soul, were not mentioned as if the apostle had gained the prize, or were already made perfect in the Saviour's likeness. He forgot the things which were behind, so as not to be content with past labours or present measures of grace. He reached forth, stretched himself forward towards his point; expressions showing great concern to become more and more like unto Christ. He who runs a race, must never…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Spiritually mature people (see 1 Corinthians 2:6; 3:1) agree with Paul that eternal things matter most in life (Philippians 3:12–14; compare 2 Corinthians 4:16–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. therefore--resuming Php 3:3. "As many of us then, as are perfect," that is, full grown (no longer "babes") in the Christian life (Php 3:3, "worshipping God in the Spirit, and having no confidence in the flesh"), 1Co 2:6, fully established in things of God. Here, by "perfect," he means one fully fit for running [Bengel]; knowing and complying with the laws of the course (2Ti 2:5). Though "perfect" in this sense, he was not yet "made perfect" (Greek) in…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Philippians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings