Philippians 3:12 Cross References - ISV

¹² Pursuing the GoalIt’s not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.

⁹ But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.”

¹ To the Director: An instruction of the Sons of Korah.
Hope in God When Times of Trouble Come As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.

¹ A Davidic Psalm, while he was in the Judean wilderness.
Joyful Trust in God God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land. ² So I have looked for you in the sanctuary, to behold your power and glory. ³ Because your gracious love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.

⁸ My soul clings to you, even as your right hand supports me.

² I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

¹⁵ Righteousness will be restored with justice, and all the pure of heart will follow it.

² When the LORD extends your mighty scepter from Zion, rule in the midst of your enemies. ³ Your soldiers are willing volunteers on your day of battle; in majestic holiness, from the womb, from the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.

⁵ Oh, that my ways were steadfast, so I may keep your statutes.

¹⁷³ May your hand stand ready to assist me, for I have chosen your precepts. ¹⁷⁴ I am longing for your deliverance, LORD, and your instruction is my joy. ¹⁷⁵ Let me live, and I will praise you; let your ordinances help me. ¹⁷⁶ I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come find your servant, for I do not forget your commands.

⁸ The LORD will complete what his purpose is for me. LORD, your gracious love is eternal; do not abandon your personal work in me.

¹⁸ The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

¹ Deliverance for Zion “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD! Look to the rock from which you were cut, to the quarry from which you were hewn.

³ Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.

³ As Saul traveled along and was approaching Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly flashed around him. ⁴ He dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
⁵ He asked, “Who are you, Lord?”
The voice said, “I’m Jesus, whom you are persecuting. ⁶ Now get up, go into the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”

¹⁵ But the Lord told him, “Go, because he’s my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

¹⁹ For I don’t do the good I want to do, but instead do the evil that I don’t want to do. ²⁰ But if I do what I don’t want to do, I am no longer the one who is doing it, but it is the sin that is living in me.
²¹ So I find this to be a principle: when I want to do what is good, evil is right there with me. ²² For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being, ²³ but I see in my body a different principle waging war with the Law in my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin that exists in my body. ²⁴ What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is infected by death?

¹⁰ But when what is complete comes, then what is incomplete will be done away with.

¹ Cleanse Yourselves in HolinessSince we have these promises, dear friends, let’s cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit by becoming mature in our holy fear of God.

⁹ We are glad when we are weak and you are strong. That is what we are praying for—your maturity.

¹⁷ For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

⁴ just as he chose us in the Messiah before the creation of the universe to be holy and blameless in his presence. In love

¹² to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah

¹³ Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I keep pursuing the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly call in the Messiah Jesus.

¹⁶ However, we should live up to what we have achieved so far.

¹⁵ Make sure that no one pays back evil for evil. Instead, always pursue what is good for each other and for everyone else.

¹³ At all times we are obligated to thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you to be the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through faith in the truth.

¹⁰ She must be well known for her good actions as a woman who has raised children, welcomed strangers, washed the saints’ feet, helped the suffering, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

¹¹ Advice for TimothyBut you, man of God, must flee from all these things. Instead, you must pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness. ¹² Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses.

¹⁹ By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future, so that they can keep their hold on the life that is real.

¹⁴ Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

²³ to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, to a judge who is the God of all, to the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect,

²¹ equip you with everything good to do his will, accomplishing in us what pleases him through Jesus, the Messiah. To him be glory forever and ever! Amen.

² For all of us make many mistakes. If someone does not make any mistakes when he speaks, he is perfect and able to control his whole body.

¹¹ He must turn away from evil and do good. He must seek peace and pursue it. ¹² For the Lord watches the righteous, and he pays attention to their prayers. But the Lord opposes those who do wrong.” ¹³ Who will harm you if you are devoted to doing what is good?

¹⁰ After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you by the Messiah Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, establish you, strengthen you, and support you.

⁵ For this very reason, you must make every effort to supplement your faith with moral character, your moral character with knowledge, ⁶ your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness, ⁷ your godliness with brotherly kindness, and your brotherly kindness with love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

¹⁸ Instead, continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah. Glory belongs to him both now and on that eternal day! Amen.