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Philippians 3:13 — King James Version← Study notes

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,


Philippians 3:13Greek Interlinear

Greek · Philippians 3:1316 words
GreekMeaning
ἀδελφοίadelphoi
BrothersnounG80
ἐγὼegō
I myselfpronounG1473
ἐμαυτὸνemauton
me, mine own (self), myselfpronounG1683
οὐou
notadverbG3756
λογίζομαιlogizomai
do considerverbG3049
κατειληφέναιkateilēphenai
to have grasped itverbG2638
ἓνhen
into / toadjectiveG1519
δέde
howeverwordG1161
τὰta
The thingsarticleG3588
μὲνmen
indeedwordG3303
ὀπίσωopisō
behindadverbG3694
ἐπιλανθανόμενοςepilanthanomenos
forgettingverbG1950
τοῖςtois
to the thingsarticleG3588
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
ἔμπροσθενemprosthen
aheadadverbG1715
ἐπεκτεινόμενοςepekteinomenos
reaching forwardverbG1901
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Philippians 3:13

Nothing so renders our real excellences vain and puffs them away, as to be remembering the good deeds we have done; for this produces two evils, it both renders us remiss, and raises us to haughtiness. Wherefore see how Paul, since he knew our nature to be easily inclined to remissness, though he had given great praise to the Philippians, now subdues their mind by many other things above, but chiefly by his present words. And what are they? “Brethren, I count not myself to…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 12 on Philippians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Michael van BergNote3mo ago
Forgetting What Lies Behind
My teenage years were rough - a lot of things I'm ashamed of, decisions I wish I could undo. I spent my twenties and thirties trying to make up for them, being aggressively good, overcompensating. My ...
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