Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
If by any means—not implying uncertainty of the issue, but the earnestness of the struggle of faith (I Corinthians 9:26-27), and the urgent need of jealous self-watchfulness (I Corinthians 10:12).
attain unto the resurrection of the dead—The oldest manuscripts read, "the resurrection from (out of) the dead," namely, the first resurrection; that of believers at Christ's coming (I Corinthians 15:23; I Thessalonians 4:15; Revelation 20:5-6). The Greek word occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. "The power of Christ's resurrection" (Romans 1:4), ensures the believer's attainment of the "resurrection from the (rest of the) dead" (compare Philippians 3:20-21). Compare "accounted worthy to obtain the resurrection from the dead" (Luke 20:35). "The resurrection of the just" (Luke 14:14).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Philippians 3:11:
1 Corinthians 6:14
1 Corinthians 15:23
Philippians 3:15
Hebrews 11:35
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