Philippians 3:12 Cross References - Riverside

¹² Not that I have already obtained it or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

³ On his journey he was getting near to Damascus when suddenly a light from heaven flashed round him. ⁴ He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" ⁵ He asked, "Who is speaking?" The answer was, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. ⁶ But stand up and go into the city and it will be told you what you must do."

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, "Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before nations and kings and the children of Israel.

¹⁹ TEXT OMITTED ²⁰ TEXT OMITTED ²¹ I find then this rule, when I choose to do the right, that evil is present with me. ²² I delight in the Law in my inner man, ²³ but I see another law in my members, warring with the law of my mind and leading me captive under the law of sin which is in my members. ²⁴ Wretched man that I am! who will deliver me from this body of death?

¹⁰ but when the perfect comes what is in part will become useless.

¹ HAVING then these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every defilement of flesh or spirit, in reverence for God making our holiness complete.

⁹ We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. This we are praying for, your all-round character.

¹⁷ For the flesh has passions contrary to the Spirit and the Spirit contrary to the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do whatever you wish.

⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world to be holy and spotless before him in love.

¹² for the equipment of the saints, for the work of service, for building up the body of Christ,

¹³ Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and stretching forward to what is in front ¹⁴ I press toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.

¹⁶ but so far as we have attained let us walk in the same path.

¹⁵ Take care that no one repays evil with evil, but always seek eagerly what is good in dealing with one another and with every one.

¹³ We ought always to thank God for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's making you holy and your own faith in the truth.

¹⁰ has a reputation for good deeds, has brought up children, has entertained strangers, has washed the feet of the holy, has ministered to people in distress, has been active in every good work.

¹¹ But you, O man of God, must shun this. Pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, gentleness. ¹² Play the grand hard game of the faith. Lay hold on life eternal, to which you have been called and have made the noble confession before many witnesses.

¹⁹ treasuring up for themselves a good fund for the future, that they may lay hold on the life that is real.

¹⁴ Follow after peace with all men and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

²³ to the festal assembly and congregation of first-born who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect,

²¹ equip you with every good thing for doing his will, doing in you what is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

² For in many ways we all stumble. If any one never stumbles in his talk, he is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body.

¹¹ He must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. ¹² For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against wrongdoers." ¹³ And who is it that will harm you if you become earnest for the good?

¹⁰ The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little will equip, establish and strengthen you.

⁵ for this very reason make it your whole endeavor to supply to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge, ⁶ and to your knowledge self-control, and to your self-control endurance, and to your endurance reverence, ⁷ and to your reverence brotherliness, and to your brotherliness love. ⁸ For when you have these in abundance they make you to be neither idle nor fruitless regarding the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ but grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity!