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Philippians 3:12

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12Not that I have already aobtained it or have already bbecome perfect, but I press on 1so that I may clay hold of that 2for which also I dwas laid hold of by eChrist 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. 1Lit if I may even
  2. 2Or because also

Cross references

  1. a1 Cor 9:24f; 1 Tim 6:12, 19
  2. b1 Cor 13:10
  3. c1 Tim 6:12, 19
  4. dActs 9:5f
  5. eRom 8:39; Phil 1:1; 3:3, 8

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.