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William MacDonald

Ordinarily when we read these words, we tend to think that Paul was speaking about his past sins. He knew that these sins had been forgiven, that God had put them behind His back, and that He would never remember them again. So Paul was determined to forget them too and to "press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."

I still think that is a valid application of the verse. But Paul is not thinking about his sins in this passage. Rather he is thinking...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:13

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George Bowen

Excellency is to be estimated by adaptation. Viewed in himself, Christ is without a peer. With all beings before him, the Father chose Christ, saying, " This is my elect, in whom my soul delighteth." When God has pronounced, what need remains of deliberation? But happily for us, there is in Christ not only infinite excellency, but adaptation to our state and requirements.

As he is excellent, so is the knowledge of him excellent; for we possess him by knowing him. There is nothing in...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:8

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T. Austin-Sparks

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection. (Philippians 3:10 NIV)


Resurrection always means that we are outside
of the world. After His resurrection the Lord Jesus never again appeared to the
world. He never manifested Himself personally to the world after His
resurrection. The resurrection means that He had passed, in that sense, out from
the world and stood...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:10

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T. Austin-Sparks


I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God's power for us who believe Him. (Ephesians 1:19 NLT)



Let us point out that after His
resurrection our Lord was, because of the peculiar nature of His resurrection
state, no longer subject to natural limitations. Time and space now had no
control of Him. This principle abides, and it applies now. When...

Bible Verses: Ephesians 1:19Romans 6:5Philippians 3:10

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T. Austin-Sparks

I want to know Christ – yes, to know the power of His resurrection and participation in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death. (Philippians 3:10 NIV)



Do recognize that the Cross is the end of the
risen life, and not only the beginning. If you forget everything else, remember
that. The Cross is the end of the risen life, as well as the beginning: "That I
may know Him,...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:10

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T. Austin-Sparks

My determined purpose is that I may know Him. (Philippians 3:10 AMP) There are few words in his writings which reveal how committed to the Lord Jesus this man was. The whole context is one consummate outpouring of his heart to the One whom he said had "apprehended" him, and he focuses all in a brief half sentence: "That I may know Him." The impressive thing about this expressed ambition is the time at which it is made. Here...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:10

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T. Austin-Sparks


One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on.
(Philippians 3:13-14 NIV)



The Lord desires us to go on. Sometimes going
on means loneliness in going on where others cannot go
with us. That means a price is bound up with obedience. It may mean a big break,
a big change. It is the challenge of whether we are...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:13

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T. Austin-Sparks


I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing
Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. (Philippians 3:8 NIV)



The saving of men from sin,
death, and hell, and getting them to heaven, was as nothing
compared with what Paul saw as to the significance of a believer
now. All that which he has seen concerning Christ in...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:8Ephesians 1:4Ephesians 1:12

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T. Austin-Sparks


I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised Him from the dead. I want to suffer with Him, sharing in His death, so that one way or another I will experience the resurrection from the dead!
(Philippians 3:10,11 NLT)



You never do touch the Lord Jesus in His death
in any new measure without knowing a new measure of resurrection Life. When the

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:10Philippians 3:11

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T. Austin-Sparks


We who worship by the Spirit of God are the ones who are truly circumcised. We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort.
(Philippians 3:3 NLT)



The fact is this, that what God
is after is not to do things for you and for me, not to impart things to you and
to me, not to show things to you and to me, but to bring us to some...

Bible Verses: Philippians 3:3

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