Philippians 3:12

Where it is preached

1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites Phil. iii. 12

   …s, Col. iii. 5; 1 Cor. ix. 27 — Indwelling sin always abides; no perfection in this life, Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xiii. 12; 2 Pet. iii. 18; Gal. v. 17, etc. — The activity of abiding sin in belie…

2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

   What it is to mortify a sin, negatively considered cites Phil. iii. 12

   …f it, that it should not be, is not in this life to be expected. This Paul assures us of, Phil. iii. 12, “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect.” He was a choice sai…

3. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   John Newton — The Former Slave Trader Who Shepherded with Grace cites Philippians 3:12

   … at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me” (Philippians 3:12, NIV). This was not an excuse for complacency but a safeguard against the despair that ca…

4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   Christian Perfection cites Phil. 3:12

   …Christian Perfection “Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect.” Phil. 3:12. 1. There is scarce any expression in Holy Writ which has given more offence than this. T…

5. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites Philippians 3:12

   …salonians 2:7 — “We were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children.” Philippians 3:12 — “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I p…

6. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

   The Breaking of the Outer Man cites Philippians 3:12

   …esses on: “Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on” (Philippians 3:12, ASV). Brokenness is therefore not a spiritual rank but a continuing openness to God's tr…

7. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   January cites Php 3:12

   …prehend that for which you were apprehended! Lay hold on the outstretched crown of life! (Php 3:12) PRAYER Most gracious God, quicken me by Thy Holy Spirit, that I may run in the way Thou …

8. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   February cites Php 3:12

   …t I have already obtained, or am already made perfect: but I press on toward the goal.”-- Php 3:12, 13, Php 3:14. WHEN THE Apostle Paul was suddenly brought into the presence of the Eterna…

9. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

   Of the great danger and folly, of not intending to be as eminent and exemplary as we can, in the practice of all Christian virtues cites Phil. iii. 12-15

   …st Jesus." And then he adds, "Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, be thus minded." [Phil. iii. 12-15] But now, if the Apostle thought it necessary for those, who were in his state of perfect…