Philippians 3:14

Following Jesus Patience Hope Heaven and the new creation

¹² 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.

¹³ 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 press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁵ Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

¹⁶ Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
KJV: I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
WEB: I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
ASV: I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
DARBY: I pursue, [looking] towards [the] goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.
BLB: I pursue toward the goal for the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.

ÅB: Men ett gjør jeg: idet jeg glemmer det som er bak, og strekker meg ut etter det som er foran, jager jeg mot målet, til den seierspris som Gud har kalt oss til der ovenfra i Kristus Jesus.
OTB: jeg fortsetter mot målet for å vinne prisen for Guds høye kall i Kristus Jesus.
B1930: Men ett gjør jeg: idet jeg glemmer det som er bak, og strekker mig ut efter det som er foran, jager jeg mot målet, til den seierspris som Gud har kalt oss til der ovenfra i Kristus Jesus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 9:24
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
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2 Timothy 4:7–8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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Romans 8:28–30
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
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1 Thessalonians 2:12
That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
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2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
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Hebrews 3:1
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
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