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Philippians 3:12

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12Not as though I had already gattained, either were already hperfect: but iI follow after, if that I may kapprehend lthat for which also I am kapprehended of 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

  1. gSo 1 Tim. 6:12, 19. Comp. 1 Cor. 13:12.
  2. hHeb. 11:40. & 12:23. See Heb. 5:9.
  3. iComp. Cant. 1:4.
  4. kRom. 9:30. 1 Cor. 9:24 in the Gk.
  5. lch. 4:10 (Gk.). Comp. Rom. 5:12.
  6. kRom. 9:30. 1 Cor. 9:24 in the Gk.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

NLTNew Living Translation

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

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.