Philippians 3:13

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Summary

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

I count

Philippians 3:8

Philippians 1:18

Philippians 4:11

Forgetting

And reaching

Bible References

I count

{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ

{What is the result?} Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. But also I will rejoice,

Not that I speak from need, for I have learned to be content in whatever [circumstances] I am.

Forgetting

Hear, O daughter, and {discern} and incline your ear, and forget your people and your father's house.

But Jesus said, "No one who puts [his] hand on the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God!"

So then, from now on we know no one {from a human point of view}, if indeed we have known Christ {from a human point of view}, but now we know [him this way] no longer.

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

And reaching

Therefore my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

and now, no longer having a place in these regions, but having a desire for many years to come to you

Do you not know that those who run in the stadium all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,