Philippians 3:13

American Standard Version (1901)

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing [I do], forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὐ λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι: ἓν δέ, τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω ἐπιλανθανόμενος, τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος,

Transliteration

Adelphoi, egō emauton not logizomai kateilēphenai: one thing de, the things men opisō epilanthanomenos, to the things de emprosthen epekteinomenos,

Grammar Details

• *Adelphoi*: vocative, masculine, plural - brothers
• *egō*: nominative, 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *emauton*: accusative, masculine, singular, reflexive pronoun - myself
• *logizomai*: indicative, present, middle, 1st person singular - I consider/reckon
• *kateilēphenai*: infinitive, perfect, active - to have seized/laid hold of
• *men*: particle marking contrast with following *de* - on one hand
• *opisō*: adverb - behind/back
• *epilanthanomenos*: participle, present, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - forgetting
• *de*: particle - on the other hand/but
• *emprosthen*: adverb - ahead/in front
• *epekteinomenos*: participle, present, middle, nominative, masculine, singular - reaching out/stretching forward

Word Meanings

• *logizomai*: consider/reckon/count
• *kateilēphenai*: to have seized/laid hold of/attained
• *epilanthanomenos*: forgetting/disregarding/neglecting
• *epekteinomenos*: reaching out/stretching forward/straining toward

Referenced Verses

• Luke 9:62 : 62 But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
• Heb 12:1-2 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 6:1 : 1 Wherefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on unto perfection; not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,
• Phil 3:12 : 12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which also I was laid hold on by Christ Jesus.
• 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain. 25 And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they [do it] to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: 27 but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
• Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after; That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple.
• Ps 45:10 : 10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; Forget also thine own people, and thy father's house:
• Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needful: for Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know [him so] no more.
• Phil 1:18-21 : 18 What then? only that in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• Phil 4:11-13 : 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. 12 I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. 13 I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
• Rom 15:23-29 : 23 but now, having no more any place in these regions, and having these many years a longing to come unto you, 24 whensoever I go unto Spain (for I hope to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first in some measure I shall have been satisfied with your company)-- 25 but now, I [say], I go unto Jerusalem, ministering unto the saints. 26 For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem. 27 Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it [to them] also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28 When therefore I have accomplished this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will go on by you unto Spain. 29 And I know that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of Christ.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.