Philippians 3:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And be founde in hym, not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe: but that which is through the fayth of Christ, the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εὑρεθῶ ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ ἔχων ἐμὴν δικαιοσύνην, τὴν ἐκ νόμου, ἀλλὰ τὴν διὰ πίστεως Χριστοῦ, τὴν ἐκ Θεοῦ δικαιοσύνην ἐπὶ τῇ πίστει:

Transliteration

And heurethō in him, not echōn emēn dikaiosynēn, the from nomou, but the through pisteōs Christou, the from Theou dikaiosynēn upon the pistei:

Grammar Details

• *heurethō*: subjunctive, aorist, passive, 1st person singular - I might be found
• *echōn*: participle, present, active, nominative, masculine, singular - having
• *emēn*: accusative, feminine, singular, possessive adjective - my
• *dikaiosynēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - righteousness
• *nomou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of law
• *pisteōs*: genitive, feminine, singular - of faith
• *Christou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Christ
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *pistei*: dative, feminine, singular - faith

Word Meanings

• *heurethō*: might be found/discovered/proven to be
• *dikaiosynēn*: righteousness/justice/righteous standing
• *pisteōs Christou*: faith in Christ/Christ's faithfulness
• *pistei*: faith/trust/belief

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 And of hym are ye in Christe Iesu, whiche of God is made vnto vs wisedome, and righteousnesse, and sanctification, and redemption:
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu, which walke not after the fleshe, but after the spirite.
• 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, whiche knewe no sinne, that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym.
• Phil 3:6 : 6 Concernyng feruentnesse, persecutyng the Churche: touchyng ye righteousnesse which is in ye lawe, I was blamelesse.
• Rom 1:17 : 17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened fro fayth to fayth. As it is written: the iuste shall lyue by fayth.
• Isa 53:11 : 11 Of the trauayle and labour of his soule, shall he see the fruite & be satisfied: My righteous seruaunt shall with his knowledge iustifie the multitude, for he shall beare their sinnes.
• Rom 3:19-22 : 19 Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith, it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe: That all mouthes maye be stopped, and that al ye world may be indaungered to God. 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe, there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght. For by the lawe, commeth the knowledge of sinne. 21 But nowe is the righteousnes of God declared without the lawe, beyng witnessed by the testimonie of the lawe and of the prophetes. 22 The ryghteousnes of God commeth by the fayth of Iesus Christe, vnto all and vpon all them that beleue. There is no difference:
• Rom 4:5-6 : 5 To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes. 6 Euen as Dauid describeth the blessednesse of the man vnto whom God imputeth righteousnesse without workes:
• Rom 4:13-15 : 13 For the promise that he shoulde be the heyre of the worlde, was not to Abraham or to his seede through the lawe, but through the ryghteousnes of fayth. 14 For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres, then is fayth but vayne, and the promise of none effect: 15 Because the lawe causeth wrath. For where no lawe is, there is no transgression.
• Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into iudgement with thy seruaunt: for in thy syght no man lyuyng can be iustified.
• Eccl 7:20 : 20 For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not.
• Rom 9:30-32 : 30 What shall we say then? that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes, haue obtayned righteousnesse: euen the ryghteousnesse which cometh of fayth. 31 But Israel, which folowed the lawe of ryghteousnesse, hath not attayned to the lawe of ryghteousnesse. 32 Wherfore? Because they sought it not by fayth: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they haue stumbled at the stumblyng stone,
• 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs. 9 If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse. 10 If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs.
• 1 John 3:4 : 4 Whosoeuer committeth sinne, transgresseth also the lawe: for sinne is the transgression of the lawe.
• Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body.
• 1 Pet 3:19-20 : 19 In which spirite, he also went & preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson, 20 Which sometime had ben disobedient, when once the long sufferyng of God abode in ye dayes of Noe, whyle the Arke was a preparyng, wherein fewe, that is to say eyght soules, were saued in the water:
• 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe, to them which haue obteined lyke precious faith with vs, thorowe the ryghteousnes of our god and sauiour Iesus Christe:
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse: O Lorde who can abide it? 4 For there is pardon of sinne with thee: that thou mayest be feared.
• 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began:
• Titus 3:5 : 5 Not of workes which be in ryghteousnesse wrought, but accordyng to his mercie, he saued vs by the fountayne of regeneration and renuyng of the holy ghost,
• Heb 6:18 : 18 That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs:
• Gal 2:16 : 16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the deedes of the lawe, but by the fayth of Iesus Christe: And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ, that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe, and not by the deedes of the lawe, because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shalbe iustified.
• Gal 3:10-13 : 10 For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe, are vnder the curse. For it is writte: Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe, to do them. 11 But that no man is iustified by ye lawe in the sight of God, it is euident. For the iust shall lyue by fayth. 12 And the lawe is not of fayth: but the man that doth them, shall lyue in them. 13 Christe hath redeemed vs from the curse of the lawe, beyng made a curse for vs. For it is written: Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree:
• Gal 3:21-22 : 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God? God forbyd. For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life: then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe. 22 But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne, that the promise by ye fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue.
• Rom 10:1-6 : 1 Brethren, my heartes desire & prayer to God for Israel, is, that they myght be saued. 2 For I beare them recorde, that they haue a zeale of God: but not accordyng to knowledge. 3 For they beyng ignoraunt of Gods ryghteousnesse, and goyng about to stablyshe their owne righteousnesse, haue not ben obedient vnto the ryghteousness of God. 4 For Christe is the ende of the lawe, for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue. 5 For Moyses writeth, of the ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe, howe that the man which doth those thinges, shall lyue by them. 6 But the ryghteousnesse which is of fayth, speaketh on this wise: Say not thou in thyne heart, who shall ascende into heauen? That is, to fetch Christe downe from aboue.
• Rom 10:10 : 10 For with the heart man beleueth vnto ryghteousnesse, and with ye mouth man confesseth to saluation.
• Rom 16:7 : 7 Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosins, and prisoners with me also, which are wel taken among the Apostles, and were in Christe before me.
• Rom 8:3 : 3 For what the lawe coulde not do, in as much as it was weake through the fleshe, God sendyng his owne sonne, in the similitude of sinfull fleshe, euen by sinne, condempned sinne in the fleshe:
• 2 Cor 5:17 : 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe, he is a newe creature. Olde thynges are passed awaye, beholde all thynges are become newe.
• Isa 6:5 : 5 Then sayd I, Wo is me, for I am lost, in as much as I am a man of vncleane lippes, and dwell among people that hath vncleane lippes also: for mine eyes haue seene the kyng the Lorde of hoastes.
• Isa 45:24-25 : 24 Saying: veryly in the Lorde is my righteousnesse and strength, to hym shall men come: but all they that thinke scorne of him shalbe confounded. 25 And the whole seede of Israel shalbe iustified, and glory in the Lorde.
• Isa 46:13 : 13 I shall bryng foorth my righteousnesse, it is not farre, and my health shall not tary long away: I wyll lay health in Sion, and in Israel my glory.
• Isa 53:6 : 6 As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes.
• Rom 5:21 : 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death: euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe, by Iesus Christe our Lorde.
• Rom 7:5-9 : 5 For when we were in the fleshe, the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members, to bring forth fruite vnto death. 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe, and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage, that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter. 7 What shall we say then? Is the lawe sinne? God forbyd. Neuerthelesse, I knewe not sinne, but by the lawe: For I had not knowen lust, except the lawe had sayde, thou shalt not lust. 8 But sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, wrought in me all maner of concupiscence. For without the lawe, sinne was dead. 9 I once lyued without lawe: But when the commaundement came, sinne reuyued, 10 And I was dead. And the very same commaundemet, which was ordeyned vnto lyfe, was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death. 11 For sinne, takyng occasion by the commaundement, hath deceaued me, and by the same slewe me. 12 Wherfore the lawe is holy, and the commaundement holy, & iust and good. 13 Was that then which was good, made death vnto me? God forbyd. But sinne, that sinne myght appeare, by that which was good to worke death in me: that sinne by ye commaundement, myght be out of measure sinfull.
• Isa 64:5-6 : 5 Thou helpest hym that doth right with chearefulnesse, and them that thinke vpon thee in thy wayes: but lo, thou hast ben angrie, for we offended, and haue ben euer in sinne, though the worlde hath cleaued to them, yet shall we be saued. 6 We are all as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesse are as tilthy ragges: we fal euerychone as the leafe, for our sinnes cary vs away lyke the winde.
• Jer 23:6 : 6 In his tyme shall Iuda be saued, and Israel shall dwell without feare: and this is the name that they shall call hym, euen the Lorde our righteousnesse.
• Jer 33:16 : 16 In those dayes shall Iuda be saued, and Hierusalem shall dwell safe: and this shalbe her name, God our righteousnesse.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seuetie weekes are determined ouer thy people, & ouer thy holy citie, to finish the wickednes, and to seale vp ye sinnes, and to reconcile the iniquitie, & to bring in euerlasting righteousnes, to seale vp the vision and prophecie, & to annoynt the most holy.
• Matt 9:13 : 13 Go ye, and learne what that meaneth, I wyll haue mercie, and not sacrifice: for I am not come, to call the righteous, but sinners to repentaunce.
• Luke 10:25-29 : 25 And beholde, a certaine lawyer stoode vp, and tempted him, saying: Maister, what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe? He sayde vnto hym: 26 What is written in the lawe, howe readest thou? 27 And he aunswered, and saide: Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, & with all thy strength, and with al thy mynde, and thy neyghbour as thy selfe. 28 And he sayde vnto hym, Thou hast aunswered ryght: this do, and thou shalt lyue. 29 But he, wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe, said vnto Iesus: and who is my neighbour?
• John 16:8-9 : 8 And whe he is come, he wyll rebuke the world of sinne, and of righteousnes, and of iudgement. 9 Of sinne, because they beleue not on me. 10 Of righteousnes, because I go to my father, and ye shall see me no more. 11 Of iudgement, because the prince of this worlde is iudged alredy.
• Gen 7:23 : 23 And euery substaunce was destroyed that remayned and that was in the vpper part of the grounde, both man and cattell, and worme, and the foule of the heauen, they were euen destroyed from of the earth, and Noah onlye remayned aliue, and they that were with him in the arke.
• Deut 19:3-4 : 3 Thou shalt prepare the way, and deuide the coastes of thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to inherite, into three partes, that whosoeuer committeth murther, may flee thyther. 4 For this cause must the slayer flee thyther, that he may lyue: Who so kylleth his neighbour ignorauntly, and hated hym not in tyme passed:
• Deut 27:26 : 26 Cursed be he that continueth not in all the wordes of this lawe to do them, and all the people shall say, Amen.
• 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 If they sinne against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) & thou be angry with them, and delyuer them into the hand of their enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners, vnto the lande of their enemies whether farre or neare:
• 2 Chr 32:25 : 25 But Hezekia dyd not againe vnto God according to it that he had shewed him: for his heart arose, & there came wrath vpon hym, and vpon Iuda and Hierusalem.
• 2 Chr 32:31 : 31 And when the princes of Babylon sent vnto him ambassadours, to enquire of the wonder that chaunced in the lande, God left him, to trye him, and that all that was in his heart might be knowen.
• Job 9:28-31 : 28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne? 30 If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well: 31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me.
• Job 10:14-15 : 14 If I dyd sinne, thou haddest an eye vnto me, and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence. 15 If I haue done wickedly, wo is me therefore: If I haue done righteously, yet dare I not lift vp my head, so full am I of confusion, and see myne owne miserie.
• Job 15:14-16 : 14 What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous? 15 Beholde he doth not trust his sainctes, yea, the very heauens are not cleane in his sight: 16 How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.
• Job 42:5-6 : 5 I haue heard of thee by the hearing of the eare, but nowe myne eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
• Ps 14:3 : 3 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abhominable: there is none that doth good, no not one.
• Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can knowe his owne errours? Oh cleanse thou me from those that I am not priuie of.
• Ps 71:15-16 : 15 My mouth shall dayly speake of thy ryghteousnesse and saluation: for I knowe no ende therof. 16 I wyll go foorth in the strength of the Lorde God: and I wyll only make mention of thy ryghteousnesse.
• Jas 2:9-9 : 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours. 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe, and yet fayle in one poynt, he is gyltie of all. 11 For he that sayde, thou shalt not commit adulterie: sayde also, thou shalt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie, yet yf thou kyll, thou art become a transgressour of the lawe.