Focused Passage

Philippians 3:12-16

Counting All Things Loss and Pressing On Toward Christ

From rejoicing and warning, to renouncing fleshly confidence, to gaining Christ and his righteousness, to pressing toward resurrection fullness, to imitating mature examples, to awaiting the Savior from heaven.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

12Not 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.

13Brothers, 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,

14I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

15All 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.

16Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

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Verse 12

Original words

NotΟὐχG3756AdverbthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionvvvἤδηG2235AdverbI have already obtained [all this]ἔλαβονG2983Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person SingularorG2228ConjunctionvvvἤδηG2235Adverbhave already been made perfectτετελείωμαιG5048Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person SingularbutδὲG1161ConjunctionI press onδιώκωG1377Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular-εἰG1487Conjunction-καὶG2532Conjunctionto take hold ofκαταλάβωG2638Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singularthat for whichἐφ’G1909Preposition. . .G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular-ὑπὸG5259PrepositionChristΧριστοῦG5547Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular-καὶG2532Conjunctiontook hold of meκατελήμφθηνG2638Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular
Verse 13

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BrothersἀδελφοίG80Noun - Vocative Masculine PluralIἐγὼG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular{do} notοὐ*G3756AdverbconsiderλογίζομαιG3049Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person SingularmyselfἐμαυτὸνG1683Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 1st Person Singularyet to have taken hold [of it]κατειληφέναιG2638Verb - Perfect Infinitive ActiveButδέG1161Conjunctionone thing [I do]ἓνG1520Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular-μὲνG3303ConjunctionForgettingἐπιλανθανόμενοςG1950Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularwhat isτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluralbehindὀπίσωG3694AdverbandδὲG1161Conjunctionstraining towardἐπεκτεινόμενοςG1901Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularwhat [is]τοῖςG3588Article - Dative Neuter PluralaheadἔμπροσθενG1715Adverb
Verse 14

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I press onδιώκωG1377Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person SingulartowardκατὰG2596Preposition[the] goalσκοπὸνG4649Noun - Accusative Masculine Singularto [win]εἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularprizeβραβεῖονG1017Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularofτῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularGod’sΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularheavenlyἄνωG507AdverbcallingκλήσεωςG2821Noun - Genitive Feminine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionChristΧριστῷG5547Noun - Dative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦG2424Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Verse 15

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-οὖνG3767ConjunctionAll of us whoὍσοιG3745Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural[are] matureτέλειοιG5046Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralvvvτοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularshould embrace this point of viewφρονῶμενG5426Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person PluralAndκαὶG2532ConjunctionifεἴG1487Conjunctionyou thinkφρονεῖτεG5426Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluraldifferentlyἑτέρωςG2088Adverbabout some issueτιG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularGodΘεὸςG2316Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwill revealἀποκαλύψειG601Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularthisτοῦτοG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularto youὑμῖνG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Pluralas wellκαὶG2532Conjunction
Verse 16

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NeverthelessπλὴνG4133Conjunctionwe must live upστοιχεῖνG4748Verb - Present Infinitive Active. . .τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter Singular. . .αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositionwhatG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singularwe have already attainedἐφθάσαμενG5348Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural

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