And as he came out thence, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very spiteful, and to press him to speak off hand about many things,

Not that I have already obtained, or have been already perfected; but I press on, if I may also lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ.

I press toward the mark for the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Let us then, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, press on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,