Philippians 3:12

World English Bible (2000)

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

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  • 1 Tim 6:11-12 : 11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
  • 1 Tim 6:19 : 19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.
  • Phil 3:13-14 : 13 Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."
  • 1 Cor 13:10 : 10 but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 "Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.
  • Eph 1:4 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;
  • 2 Thess 2:13 : 13 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
  • 2 Pet 3:18 : 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
  • 2 Pet 1:5-8 : 5 Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; 6 and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience godliness; 7 and in godliness brotherly affection; and in brotherly affection, love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful to the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 12:23 : 23 to the general assembly and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,
  • 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek peace, and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil." 13 Now who is he who will harm you, if you become imitators of that which is good?
  • Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
  • Ps 138:8 : 8 Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me; your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don't forsake the works of your own hands. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
  • Ps 110:2-3 : 2 Yahweh will send forth the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies. 3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
  • Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
  • Ps 42:1 : 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
  • Ps 63:1-3 : 1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. 3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Acts 9:3-6 : 3 As he traveled, it happened that he got close to Damascus, and suddenly a light from the sky shone around him. 4 He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5 He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 6 But rise up, and enter into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
  • Gal 5:17 : 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, that you may not do the things that you desire.
  • 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
  • 1 Pet 5:10 : 10 But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
  • Phil 3:16 : 16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all.
  • Eph 4:12 : 12 for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;
  • Heb 13:21 : 21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we all stumble. If anyone doesn't stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. And this we also pray for, even your perfecting.
  • Rom 7:19-24 : 19 For the good which I desire, I don't do; but the evil which I don't desire, that I practice. 20 But if what I don't desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me. 21 I find then the law, that, to me, while I desire to do good, evil is present. 22 For I delight in God's law after the inward man, 23 but I see a different law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity under the law of sin which is in my members. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
  • Ps 119:173-176 : 173 Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. 174 I have longed for your salvation, Yahweh. Your law is my delight. 175 Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me. 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don't forget your commandments. A Song of Ascents.

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