New American Standard Bible 1995

Philippians 3:12-15

12Not that I have already 1obtained it or have already 2become perfect, but I press on 3so that I may 4lay hold of that 5for which also I 6was laid hold of by 7Christ Jesus.

13Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: 8forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

14I 9press on toward the goal for the prize of the 10upward call of God in 11Christ Jesus.

15Let us therefore, as many as are 12 13perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a 14different attitude, 15God will reveal that also to you;

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Notes

1. Philippians 3:12 1 Cor 9:24f; 1 Tim 6:12, 19 ↩
2. Philippians 3:12 1 Cor 13:10 ↩
3. Philippians 3:12 Lit if I may even ↩
4. Philippians 3:12 1 Tim 6:12, 19 ↩
5. Philippians 3:12 Or because also ↩
6. Philippians 3:12 Acts 9:5f ↩
7. Philippians 3:12 Rom 8:39; Phil 1:1; 3:3, 8 ↩
8. Philippians 3:13 Luke 9:62 ↩
9. Philippians 3:14 1 Cor 9:24; Heb 6:1 ↩
10. Philippians 3:14 Rom 8:28; 11:29; 2 Tim 1:9 ↩
11. Philippians 3:14 Phil 3:3 ↩
12. Philippians 3:15 Or mature ↩
13. Philippians 3:15 Matt 5:48; 1 Cor 2:6 ↩
14. Philippians 3:15 Gal 5:10 ↩
15. Philippians 3:15 John 6:45; Eph 1:17; 1 Thess 4:9 ↩

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