Philippians 3:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:24 : 24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;
  • Rev 3:21 : 21 To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat.
  • 2 Pet 1:3 : 3 Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
  • Heb 6:1 : 1 For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,
  • 2 Cor 4:17-5:1 : 17 For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory; 18 While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.
  • Rom 8:28-30 : 28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose. 29 Because those of whom he had knowledge before they came into existence, were marked out by him to be made like his Son, so that he might be the first among a band of brothers: 30 And those who were marked out by him were named; and those who were named were given righteousness; and to those to whom he gave righteousness, in the same way he gave glory.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith: 8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
  • Heb 3:1 : 1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
  • 1 Thess 2:12 : 12 So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.
  • 1 Pet 1:3-4 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 And a heritage fair, holy and for ever new, waiting in heaven for you,
  • Luke 16:16 : 16 The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.
  • Rom 9:23-24 : 23 And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory, 24 Even us, who were marked out by him, not only from the Jews, but from the Gentiles?
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
  • 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true: 14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Phil 3:7-13
    7 verses
    86%

    7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.

    8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,

    9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:

    10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

    11 If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

    12 Not as if I had even now got the reward or been made complete: but I go on in the hope that I may come to the knowledge of that for which I was made the servant of Christ Jesus.

    13 Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,

  • Phil 3:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

    16 Only, as far as we have got, let us be guided by the same rule.

    17 Brothers, take me as your example, and take note of those who are walking after the example we have given.

  • 1 Cor 9:23-27
    5 verses
    75%

    23 And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.

    24 Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

    25 And every man who takes part in the sports has self-control in all things. Now they do it to get a crown which is of this world, but we for an eternal crown.

    26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:

    27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.

  • Col 1:29
    72%

    29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

  • Eph 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

    14 For this cause I go down on my knees before the Father,

  • Phil 2:16
    71%

    16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

  • Phil 4:13
    70%

    13 I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

  • Heb 12:1
    70%

    1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

  • Phil 1:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

    11 Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • Phil 1:20-23
    4 verses
    70%

    20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

    21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit.

    22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make.

    23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

  • 2 Tim 4:7-8
    2 verses
    70%

    7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

    8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

  • Rom 15:17
    70%

    17 So I have pride in Christ Jesus in the things which are God's.

  • Phil 3:20
    70%

    20 For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ:

  • 2 Cor 5:9
    69%

    9 For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

  • Gal 6:14
    69%

    14 But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.

  • Eph 4:1
    69%

    1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,

  • 2 Pet 3:14
    69%

    14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

  • Phil 1:30
    69%

    30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • Phil 3:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

    4 Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:

  • 2 Tim 2:5
    69%

    5 And if a man takes part in a competition he does not get the crown if he has not kept the rules.

  • Col 3:1
    69%

    1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

  • Phil 1:17-18
    2 verses
    68%

    17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

    18 What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

  • Heb 3:1
    68%

    1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

  • 2 Cor 11:5
    68%

    5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Rom 15:30
    68%

    30 Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

  • 2 Thess 2:14
    68%

    14 And in this purpose he gave you a part through the good news of which we were the preachers, even that you might have part in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Tim 2:10
    68%

    10 But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Eph 3:11
    68%

    11 Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:

  • Phil 1:8
    68%

    8 For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.

  • Rom 14:19
    68%

    19 So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.