Philippians 3:10 - Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

Philippians 3:10

8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss ^afor the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ

9 and be found in Him, not having ^amy own righteousness, which is from the law, but ^bthat which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;

10 that I may know Him and the ^apower of His resurrection, and ^bthe fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

11 if, by any means, I may ^aattain to the resurrection from the dead.

Pressing Toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already ^aattained, or am already ^bperfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have¹ apprehended; but one thing I do, ^aforgetting those things which are behind and ^breaching forward to those things which are ahead,

14 ^aI press toward the goal for the prize of ^bthe upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

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Philippians 3:10

That I may know him (tou gnwnai auton). Genitive of the articular second aorist (ingressive) active infinitive (purpose) of ginwskw, to have personal acquaintance or experience with. This is Paul's major passion, to get more knowledge of Christ by experience.

The power of his resurrection (thn dunamin thv anastasewv autou). Power (Lightfoot) in the sense of assurance to believers in immortality (I Corinthians 15:14 f.; Romans 8:11), in the triumph over sin (Romans 4:24 f.), in the dignity of the body (I Corinthians 6:13 ff.; Philippians 3:21), in stimulating the moral and spiritual life (Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:4 f.; Colossians 2:12; Ephesians 2:5). See Westcott's The Gospel of the Resurrection, ii, 31.

The fellowship of his sufferings (thn koinwnian twn paqhmatwn autou). Partnership in (objective genitive) his sufferings, an honour prized by Paul (Colossians 1:24).

Becoming conformed to his death (summorfizomenov tw qanatw autou). Present passive participle of summorfizw, late verb from summorfov, found only here and ecclesiastical writers quoting it. The Latin Vulgate uses configuro. See Romans 6:4 for sumfutoi in like sense and II Corinthians 4:10. "The agony of Gethsemane, not less than the agony of Calvary, will be reproduced however faintly in the faithful servant of Christ" (Lightfoot). "In this passage we have the deepest secrets of the Apostle's Christian experience unveiled" (Kennedy).

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Philippians 3:10:

Romans 11:13
1 Corinthians 1:9
1 Corinthians 10:16
2 Corinthians 1:5
2 Corinthians 4:10
1 Thessalonians 1:1

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