Philippians 3:11

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“if by any means I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.”

— WEB

“If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”

— KJV

“if by any means I may attain unto the resurrection from the dead.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About the Resurrection

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Luke 20:35-36 "But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage."
Revelation 20:5 "The rest of the dead didn’t live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection."
Acts 23:6 "But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a …"
Acts 26:7 "which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!"
2 Corinthians 11:3 "But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is…"
Hebrews 11:35 "Women received their dead by resurrection.1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 4:32-37 Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that t…"
Romans 11:14 "if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh, and may save some of them."
Luke 14:14 "and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”"

Commentary

If by any means--not implying uncertainty of the issue, but the earnestness of the struggle of faith (Co1 9:26-27), and the urgent need of jealous self-watchfulness (Co1 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 (Co1 15:23; Th1 4:15; Rev 20:5-6). The Greek word occurs nowhere else in the New Testament. "The power of Christ's resurrection" (Rom 1:4), ensures the believer's attainment of the "resurrection from the (rest of the) dead" (compare Phi 3:20-21). Compare "accounted worthy to obtain the resurrection from the dead" (Luk 20:35). "The resurrection of the just" (Luk 14:14).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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