Philippians 3:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτὸν, καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῆς ἀναστάσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὴν κοινωνίαν τῶν παθημάτων αὐτοῦ, συμμορφούμενος τῷ θανάτῳ αὐτοῦ·

Transliteration

The gnōnai him, and the dynamin of the anastaseōs of him, and the koinōnian of the pathēmatōn of him, symmorphoumenos to the thanatō of him;

Grammar Details

• *gnōnai*: infinitive, aorist, active - to know
• *dynamin*: accusative, feminine, singular - power
• *anastaseōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - resurrection
• *koinōnian*: accusative, feminine, singular - fellowship/participation
• *pathēmatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - sufferings
• *symmorphoumenos*: participle, present, passive/middle, nominative, masculine, singular - being conformed
• *thanatō*: dative, masculine, singular - death

Word Meanings

• *gnōnai*: to know/to experience/to understand
• *dynamin*: power/might/strength
• *koinōnian*: fellowship/participation/sharing
• *pathēmatōn*: sufferings/afflictions
• *symmorphoumenos*: being conformed/configured/made like

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  that{G3588} I may know{G1097} him,{G846} and{G2532} the power{G1411} of{G386} his{G846} resurrection,{G386} and{G2532} the fellowship{G2842} of{G3804} his{G846} sufferings,{G3804} becoming conformed unto{G4833} his{G846} death;{G2288}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  That I may know{G1097}{(G5629)} him{G846}, and{G2532} the power{G1411} of his{G846} resurrection{G386}, and{G2532} the fellowship{G2842} of his{G846} sufferings{G3804}, being made conformable{G4833}{(G5746)} unto his{G846} death{G2288};

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  in knowynge him and the vertue of his resurreccion and the fellowshippe of his passions that I myght be coformable vnto his (deeth)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  to knowe him and the vertue of his resurreccion, and the fellishippe of his passion, that I maye be conformable vnto his death,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That I may know him, and the vertue of his resurrection, & the fellowship of his afflictions, and be made conformable vnto his death,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That I may knowe hym, and the power of his resurrection, and the felowshippe of his passions, confirmable vnto his death,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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;

• World English Bible (2000)

  that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

Referenced Verses

• Rom 8:17 : 17 If we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings so that we may also share in His glory.
• Rom 6:3-9 : 3 Or do you not know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore, we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in the resurrection. 6 We know this: our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, and we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7 For the one who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him. 9 We know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. 10 For the death He died, He died to sin once for all time; but the life He lives, He lives to God. 11 So you too consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Gal 2:20 : 20 I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,
• 2 Tim 2:11-12 : 11 This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us.
• 1 Pet 4:1-2 : 1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body on our behalf, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body has ceased from sin. 2 As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.
• 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• Eph 1:19-21 : 19 and the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. This power is according to the working of His mighty strength, 20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• 2 Cor 1:5 : 5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
• 2 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies. 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. 13 Since we have the same spirit of faith in accordance with what is written: 'I believed, therefore I spoke,' we also believe and therefore speak.
• Rom 8:29 : 29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
• John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.' 26 'And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?'
• 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.
• 1 John 2:3 : 3 We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.
• 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• Col 3:1 : 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
• 1 John 2:5 : 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.
• Rev 1:18 : 18 'the living One. I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.'
• John 10:18 : 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have the authority to lay it down and the authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
• 2 Cor 1:10 : 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,
• Eph 4:13 : 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, into a mature man, to the measure of the stature that belongs to the fullness of Christ.
• John 17:3 : 3 Now this is eternal life: that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.
• Acts 2:31-38 : 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay. 32 This Jesus God has raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34 For David did not ascend to heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My right hand, 35 until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’ 36 Therefore, let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?' 38 Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Matt 20:23 : 23 He said to them, 'You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.'
• 1 Cor 15:21-23 : 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man. 22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ.
• Rom 8:10-11 : 10 But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. 11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.
• John 5:21-29 : 21 'Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever He wills.' 22 'For the Father judges no one, but He has entrusted all judgment to the Son.' 23 'So that everyone may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.' 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself. 27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice. 29 And they will come out: those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
• Col 2:13 : 13 And when you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ, forgiving us all our trespasses.
• 1 Thess 4:14-15 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.