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Philippians 3:11-13
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11 and so, somehow,[a] to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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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.[b] 13 Brothers and sisters,[c] I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded:[d] Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 3:11 tn On εἰ πῶς (ei pōs) as “so, somehow” see BDAG 279, s.v. εἰ 6.n.
  2. Philippians 3:12 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.
  3. Philippians 3:13 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.
  4. Philippians 3:13 tn Grk “But this one thing (I do).”
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