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Phl 3:13 — Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I count		Phl 3:8,12; Phl 1:18-21; Phl 4:11-13
one		Psa 27:4; Luk 10:42; 2Pe 3:8
forgetting		Psa 45:10; Luk 9:62; 2Cr 5:16; Hbr 6:1
and reaching		Phl 2:12; Rom 15:23-29; 1Cr 9:24-27; Hbr 12:1,2

Correlating Passages

I count

	Phl 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,
	Phl 3:12	Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
	Phl 1:18	What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
	Phl 1:19	For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
	Phl 1:20	According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether [it be] by life, or by death.
	Phl 1:21	For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.
	Phl 4:11	Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.
	Phl 4:12	I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
	Phl 4:13	I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

one

	Psa 27:4	One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
	Luk 10:42	But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
	2Pe 3:8	But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

forgetting

	Psa 45:10	Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
	Luk 9:62	And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
	2Cr 5:16	Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.
	Hbr 6:1	Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

and reaching

	Phl 2:12	Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
	Rom 15:23	But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
	Rom 15:24	Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your [company].
	Rom 15:25	But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
	Rom 15:26	For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem.
	Rom 15:27	It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
	Rom 15:28	When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
	Rom 15:29	And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
	1Cr 9:24	Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
	1Cr 9:25	And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
	1Cr 9:26	I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
	1Cr 9:27	But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
	Hbr 12:1	Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
	Hbr 12:2	Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Philippians 3:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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