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11 if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.(A)

Pressing toward the Goal

12 Not that I have already obtained this or have already reached the goal,[a] but I press on to lay hold of that for which Christ[b] has laid hold of me.(B) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have laid hold[c] of it, but one thing I have laid hold of: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,(C)

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  1. 3.12 Or have already been made perfect
  2. 3.12 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus
  3. 3.13 Other ancient authorities read yet laid hold

11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection(A) from the dead.

12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal,(B) but I press on to take hold(C) of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.(D) 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind(E) and straining toward what is ahead,

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