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ifεἴsomehowπωςI may attainκαταντήσωtoεἰςthe resurrectionτὴν ἐξανάστασινfromτὴν ἐκthe dead.νεκρῶν
Philippians 3:11
Study it in the app“if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 3:11, word by word
- somehowπωςpōs
somehow
"Somehow", "in some way".
Where else “pōs” appears- I may attainκαταντήσωkatantēsō
attain
To reach a goal.
Where else “katantēsō” appears- the resurrectionἐξανάστασινexanastasin
resurrection
Resurrection, rising from among the dead.
Where else “exanastasin” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears
The context
10to know him and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
11 · This verse (above)
12Not that I have already received it or have already been brought to completion, but I press on, if indeed I may take hold of that for which I also was taken hold of by the Messiah.
To study Philippians 3 in a group
1. What it says
What things that Paul once counted as gain does he now count as loss, and why (v. 4-8)?
2. What it means
Paul says, "forgetting the things behind and straining toward the things ahead" (v. 13). What do you think that means?
3. How I live it
Paul keeps pressing on without claiming to be perfect (v. 12-14). What small step can you take today in something you want to grow in?