Philippians 3:15
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,
14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.
All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
16 Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- All of us who are mature should embrace this point of view. And if you think differently about some issue, God will reveal this to you as well.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
- ASV
- Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything ye are otherwise minded, this also shall God reveal unto you:
- DARBY
- As many therefore as [are] perfect, let us be thus minded; and if ye are any otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.
- BLB
- Therefore as many as [are] mature, we should be of this mind. And if you⁺ are minded [in] anything differently, even this God will reveal to you⁺.
- ÅB
- La oss da, så mange som er fullkomne, ha dette sinn; og om dere er anderledes sinnet i noe, da skal Gud også åpenbare dere dette;
- OTB
- Alle oss, da, som er modne, bør ha et slikt syn på ting. Og hvis dere tenker annerledes om noe, vil Gud også gjøre det klart for dere.
- B1930
- La oss da, så mange som er fullkomne, ha dette sinn; og om I er anderledes sinnet i noget, da skal Gud også åpenbare eder dette;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 7:17
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
Read in contextGalatians 5:10
I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.
Read in contextJames 1:4–5
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Read in context1 Corinthians 2:6
Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
Read in contextProverbs 2:3–6
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
Read in contextColossians 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
Read in contextMatthew 5:48
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:20
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
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