Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, New Living Translation I want to know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, English Standard Version that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, Berean Standard Bible I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, Berean Literal Bible to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, King James Bible That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; New King James Version that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, New American Standard Bible that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; NASB 1995 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; NASB 1977 that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; Legacy Standard Bible that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Amplified Bible And this, so that I may know Him [experientially, becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him, understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person more completely] and [in that same way experience] the power of His resurrection [which overflows and is active in believers], and [that I may share] the fellowship of His sufferings, by being continually conformed [inwardly into His likeness even] to His death [dying as He did]; Christian Standard Bible My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, Holman Christian Standard Bible My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, American Standard Version that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; Contemporary English Version All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did, English Revised Version that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; GOD'S WORD® Translation that knows Christ. Faith knows the power that his coming back to life gives and what it means to share his suffering. In this way I'm becoming like him in his death, Good News Translation All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death, International Standard Version I want to know the Messiah —what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, Majority Standard Bible I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, NET Bible My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death, New Heart English Bible that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death; Webster's Bible Translation That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; Weymouth New Testament I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died; World English Bible that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionto know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Berean Literal Bible to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, Young's Literal Translation to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, Smith's Literal Translation To know him, and the power of his rising up, and the mutual participation of his sufferings, being rendered conformable to his death; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThat I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death, Catholic Public Domain Version So shall I know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his Passion, having been fashioned according to his death, New American Bible to know him and the power of his resurrection and [the] sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death, New Revised Standard Version I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo that through this righteousness I may know Jesus and the power of his resurrection, and be a partaker of his sufferings, even to a death like his; Aramaic Bible in Plain English That by it I may know Yeshua and the power of his resurrection, and that I may share in his sufferings and be conformed with his death, NT Translations Anderson New Testamentthat I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death, Godbey New Testament to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Haweis New Testament that I may know him, and the virtue of his resurrection, and communion with his sufferings, being conformed to his death; Mace New Testament the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world, Weymouth New Testament I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died; Worrell New Testament that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; Worsley New Testament and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Knowing Christ Above All Else…9and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.… Cross References Romans 6:5 For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. 2 Corinthians 4:10-11 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. / For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body. Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church. Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. 2 Timothy 2:11-12 This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; / if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; Ephesians 1:19-20 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength, / which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 1 Peter 4:13 But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. 1 Corinthians 15:21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. Romans 8:29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. 1 Corinthians 15:31 I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 2 Corinthians 1:5 For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 1 Peter 1:11 trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Treasury of Scripture That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; I. Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 1 John 2:3,5 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments… and the power. John 5:21-29 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will… John 10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. John 11:25,26 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: … and the fellowship. Matthew 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. Romans 6:3-5 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? … Romans 8:17,29 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together… Jump to Previous Christ Conformable Conformed Dead Death Die Died Fellowship Pains Part Power Resurrection Rising Share Sharing Sufferings WantJump to Next Christ Conformable Conformed Dead Death Die Died Fellowship Pains Part Power Resurrection Rising Share Sharing Sufferings WantPhilippians 3 1. He warns them to beware of the false teachers;4. showing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the law; 7. which he counts as loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness; 12. acknowledging his own imperfection and pressing on toward the goal; 15. He exhorts them to be thus minded; 17. and to imitate him, 18. and to decline carnal ways. I want to know Christ The phrase "I want to know Christ" reflects the Apostle Paul's deep, personal desire for an intimate relationship with Jesus. The Greek word for "know" here is "ginosko," which implies a knowledge that is experiential and relational, not merely intellectual. This suggests that Paul is not content with just knowing about Christ; he seeks a profound, personal connection. Historically, this reflects the early Christian emphasis on a personal relationship with Jesus, contrasting with the more distant, ritualistic practices of other contemporary religions. and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to Him in His death (10, 11) The order of these verses is notable and instructive. (1) First comes the knowledge of "the power of the Resurrection." What this is we see by examining it as historically the main subject of the first apostolic preaching. There it is considered, as in St. Peter's first sermons, as giving the earnest of "forgiveness," or "blotting out of sins," and the "gift of the Holy Ghost" (Acts 2:38; Acts 3:13; Acts 3:26), or, as St. Paul expresses it, of "justification from all things" (Acts 13:38-39). This same idea is wrought out fully in his Epistles. Thus, for example, without it (1Corinthians 15:17) "we are still in our sins." It is the pledge of our justification (Romans 5:1), and the means of our being "alive unto God" (Romans 6:11). Hence "the power," or efficacy, "of His resurrection" is the justification, and regeneration inseparable from it, which lie at the entrance of Christian life. (2) Next comes the "partaking of His sufferings" and "conformity to His death," which are the "taking up the cross, and following Him," in the obedience even unto death. This "fellowship of sufferings," coming partly from the sin of others, partly from our own, is the constant theme of the New Testament. (See 1Peter 4:13; Romans 8:17; 2Corinthians 1:5; Colossians 1:24; 2Timothy 2:11.) The "conformity to His death" is the completion of the death unto sin, described as "mortification" of sin (Colossians 3:5); "as bearing about in the body the dying (or, properly, mortification) of the Lord Jesus" (2Corinthians 4:10); or more frequently as being "crucified with Christ," "the world to us and we to the world" (Galatians 2:20; Galatians 5:24; Galatians 6:14). (3) Lastly comes the "attainment to the resurrection of the dead," properly, "the resurrection from the dead," which is (see Luke 20:35) the resurrection unto life and the glorification in Him, so nobly described below (Philippians 3:20-21). "If we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection" (Romans 6:5). For of our resurrection (see 1Corinthians 15:12-23) His resurrection is not only the pledge, but the earnest. Note how in 1Thessalonians 4:14-18, and 1Corinthians 15:51-57, the whole description is only of the resurrection unto life, and compare the first resurrection of Revelation 20:6. This is the completion of all; St. Paul dared not as yet anticipate it with the confidence which hereafter soothed his dying hour (2Timothy 4:7-8). . . . Verse 10. - That I may know him (τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτόν). For the grammatical construction, see Winer, sect. 44:b. For the sense, comp. John 17:3, where Dr. Westcott notes, "In such a connection, Knowledge expresses the apprehension of the truth by the whole nature of man. It is not an acquaintance with facts as external, nor an intellectual conviction of their reality, but an appropriation of them (so to speak) as an influencing power into the very being of him who knows them." Γινώσκειν differs from εἰδέναι: εἰδέναι is "to know," γιγνώσκειν is "to recognize" or "to become acquainted with." We must be found in Christ in order to know him; we must have that righteousness which is through the faith of Christ, for we can know him only by being made like unto him. Comp. 1 John 2:2, "When he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is;" and now those who see him by faith are in their measure being transformed into the same image. For the knowledge here spoken of is a personal knowledge, gained, not by hearing or reading, but by direct personal communion with the Lord; it is not theoretical, but experimental. "non expertus fuerit, non intelligit" (Anselm, quoted by Meyer). And the power of his resurrection. The resurrection of Christ was a glorious manifestation of Divine power (Romans 1:4). That resurrection is now a power in the spiritual life of Christians: it stimulates the spiritual resurrection, the resurrection from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness (comp. Romans 6:4; Colossians 2:12). It is the center of our most cherished hopes, the evidence of our immortality, the earnest of the resurrection of the body. And the fellowship of his sufferings. This clause and the last are bound together under one article, according to the best manuscripts. There is a very close connection between them (comp. Romans 8:17; 2 Timothy 2:11, 12). To know the quickening power of his resurrection, we must share his sufferings. The Christian, meditating in loving thought on the sufferings of Christ, is led to feel ever a deeper, a more awful sympathy with the suffering Savior. And if, when we are called to suffer, we take it patiently, looking unto Jesus, then our sufferings are united with his sufferings, "we suffer with him." And he who hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows feels for us in his sacred heart, being "touched with the feeling of our infirmities." This fellowship in suffering leads through his grace to fellowship in glory (comp. 2 Corinthians 4:10; Romans 6:5). Being made conformable unto his death; rather, as R.V., becoming conformed. The participle is present: it implies a continual progress. It is derived from the word μορφή, form, used in Philippians 2:6 (where see note), and denotes, not a mere external resemblance, but a deep, real, inner conformity. The reference is not to the impending death of martyrdom, but to that daffy dying unto self and the world which the apostle exhibited in the heroic self-denials of his holy life: he was "crucified with Christ" (Galatians 2:20; comp. also 1 Corinthians 15:31).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek [I want] to knowγνῶναι (gnōnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Strong's 1097: A prolonged form of a primary verb; to 'know' in a great variety of applications and with many implications. [Christ] αὐτὸν (auton) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. power δύναμιν (dynamin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 1411: From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. resurrection ἀναστάσεως (anastaseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 386: A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. fellowship κοινωνίαν (koinōnian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2842: From koinonos; partnership, i.e. participation, or intercourse, or benefaction. of τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. sufferings, παθημάτων (pathēmatōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3804: From a presumed derivative of pathos; something undergone, i.e. Hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence. being conformed συμμορφιζόμενος (symmorphizomenos) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 4833: To bring to the same form with, conform. From summorphos; to render like, i.e. to assimilate. to [Him] τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. in His αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. death, θανάτῳ (thanatō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death. Links Philippians 3:10 NIVPhilippians 3:10 NLT Philippians 3:10 ESV Philippians 3:10 NASB Philippians 3:10 KJV Philippians 3:10 BibleApps.com Philippians 3:10 Biblia Paralela Philippians 3:10 Chinese Bible Philippians 3:10 French Bible Philippians 3:10 Catholic Bible NT Letters: Philippians 3:10 That I may know him and (Philipp. Phil. Php.) |
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