Philippians 3:13

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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,

📖 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 And Jesus said unto him, ‹No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.›
• Heb 12:1-2 : 1 ¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 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 finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Heb 6:1 : 1 ¶ Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
• Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,
• Phil 3:12 : 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
• 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 ¶ Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 ¶ Wherefore, my beloved, 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 desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire 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: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.›
• 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 ¶ Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.
• Phil 1:18-21 : 18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] 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, [therewith] to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
• Rom 15:23-29 : 23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; 24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your [company]. 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. 27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. 28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
• 2 Pet 3:8 : 8 ¶ But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.