Philippians 3:12–14

Keep Going Forward

3:12 Not that I have already attained this—that is, I have not already been perfected—but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.18 3:13 Brothers and sisters,19 I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded:20 Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 3:14 with this goal in mind,21 I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God22 in Christ Jesus.

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18	tn Grk “that for which I also was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.” The passive has been translated as active in keeping with contemporary English style.
19	tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
20	tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”
21	tn Grk “according to the goal.”
22	tn Grk “prize, namely, the heavenly calling of God.”