Philippians 3:11
9 and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
- KJV
- If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
- WEB
- if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
- ASV
- if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.
- DARBY
- if any way I arrive at the resurrection from among [the] dead.
- BLB
- if somehow I may attain to the resurrection out from the dead.
- ÅB
- om jeg dog kan vinne fram til oppstandelsen fra de døde.
- OTB
- og slik, på en eller annen måte, nå frem til oppstandelsen fra de døde.
- B1930
- om jeg dog kan vinne frem til opstandelsen fra de døde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 20:35–36
But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
Read in contextRevelation 20:5
The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
Read in contextActs 23:6
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
Read in contextActs 26:7
the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
Read in contextHebrews 11:35
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
Read in contextRomans 11:14
in the hope that I may provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.
Read in contextLuke 14:14
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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