Philippians 3:12
I do not mean that I already have all this, or that I have already been made perfect. But I keep pursuing it, trying to take hold of it, because Christ has taken hold of me.
Treated in 24 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites Phil. iii. 12
…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…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
What it is to mortify a sin, negatively considered cites Phil. iii. 12
…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…
- The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote ·
Full Salvation Now cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 She went further than some in her own tradition when she wrote that in the sanctified…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
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…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites Philippians 3:12
…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…
- Abide in Christ ·
Trusting Him to Keep You cites Phil. iii. 12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which I also am apprehended of Christ Jesus.’ — Phil. iii. 12. More than one admits that it is a sacred duty and a blessed privilege to abide in…
- The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote ·
A Reader’s Guide to Julia A. J. Foote cites Philippians 3:12
…in a single moment, weigh them against the whole witness of Scripture, beginning with Philippians 3:12 and 1 John 1:8. Heavenly Visitations Again. Her account of her call through visions. Read…
- The Key Teachings of John Owen ·
What It Is to Mortify a Sin cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 It is not, second, the hiding of a sin. A man may give up the outward practice of some…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites Philippians 3:12
…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…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
What Perfection Is Not cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 Wesley spent almost as much energy explaining what Christian perfection is not as…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
The Deeper Life cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 The phrase the deeper life was common coin in the circles Tozer moved in, and he used it…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Holiness to the Lord cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 He studied the Methodist teaching on sanctification, but could not accept it, because it…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
Righteous and a Sinner at Once cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
Conclusion cites PHILIPPIANS 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. PHILIPPIANS 3:12 A last word about the man We have been honest in these pages about Watchman Nee’s…
- The Mortification of Sin (For Teens) ·
What Killing Sin Is Not cites Philippians 3:12
…after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:12 (KJV) Before explaining what killing sin is, Owen clears up some mistakes about what it…
- Our Daily Walk ·
January cites Php 3:12
…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…
- Our Daily Walk ·
February cites Php 3:12
…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…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
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.…
- Holiness ·
Growth cites Phil. iii. 12
…called an Apostle,”—“I am less than the least of all saints,”—“I am chief of sinners.” (Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 9; Ephes. iii. 8; 1 Tim. i. 15.) The riper he is for glory, the more, like…
- Holiness ·
Unsearchable Riches cites Phil. iii. 12
…he cries, “Wretched man that I am I who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Phil. iii. 12; 1 Cor. xv. 9; 1 Tim. i. 15; Rom. vii. 24.) The plain truth is that St. Paul saw in his…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites Phil. 3:12
…from falsehood. For all confess with Paul, that “they have not yet reached the goal” (Phil. 3:12). Accordingly, they rather aim at daily progress than glory in perfection. 12. But it…
- A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ·
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
…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…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
The Crusade cites Philippians 3:7-14
…the Philippians, about counting everything loss for Christ and pressing on to the prize (Philippians 3:7-14). The idea was not new. It was the same conviction that had driven him all his life. But…
- At the Master's Feet ·
Sin and Salvation cites Phil. iii.6-15
…fulfilled. Instead of turning away in sadness he gave up all that he had and followed Me (Phil. iii.6-15). So everyone who ceases to trust in his own righteousness and follows Me shall receive…