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Soοὖνas many asὅσοιare mature,τέλειοιlet us thinkφρονῶμενthis way;τοῦτοandκαὶifεἴin anythingτιyou thinkφρονεῖτεotherwise,ἑτέρωςGodὁ θεὸςwill revealἀποκαλύψειthatτοῦτοalsoκαὶto you.ὑμῖν
Philippians 3:15
Study it in the app“So as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.”
With the Greek beneath
Philippians 3:15, word by word
- are matureτέλειοιteleioi
mature
Grown-up, fully developed.
Where else “teleioi” appears- let us thinkφρονῶμενphronōmen
think
To have a certain outlook.
Where else “phronōmen” appears- otherwiseἑτέρωςheterōs
otherwise
Otherwise, differently.
Where else “heterōs” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- will revealἀποκαλύψειapokalypsei
reveal
Reveal, uncover what was hidden.
Where else “apokalypsei” appears
The context
14I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in the Messiah Jesus.
15 · This verse (above)
16Only, in what we have attained, let us keep in step with that same standard.
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?