⁹and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law,^k but one that is through faith in Christ^A—the righteousness from God based on faith.^l ¹⁰My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings,^m being conformed to his death,ⁿ ¹¹assuming that I will somehow reach the resurrection from among the dead.

REACHING FORWARD TO GOD’S GOAL

¹²Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold^o of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 3:12: Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

Footnotes

AOr through the faithfulness of Christ

Cross references

k Rm 10:5
l Rm 3:22; 10:4; Gl 2:21; Heb 11:7
m Rm 8:17; 2Co 1:5–7; Col 1:24; 1Pt 4:13; 5:1,9
n Rm 6:5; 8:36; 2Co 4:7–12; 12:9–10; Gl 6:17
o Jn 1:5; 12:35; Rm 9:30; 1Co 9:24; Eph 3:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.

NLTNew Living Translation

and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!

I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and may be found in him, not having my righteousness which is from the law, but which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith, so that I may know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already received this, 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.

KJV 1900King James Version

And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 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.

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