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I want to suffer with him, sharing in his death, <a href="/esv/philippians/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, <a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <a href="/kjv/philippians/3.htm">King James Bible</a> That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; <a href="/nkjv/philippians/3.htm">New King James Version</a> that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <a href="/nasb_/philippians/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; <a href="/nasb/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; <a href="/nasb77/philippians/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; <a href="/lsb/philippians/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <a href="/amp/philippians/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> 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]; <a href="/csb/philippians/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, <a href="/hcsb/philippians/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> My goal is to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <a href="/asv/philippians/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; <a href="/cev/philippians/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> All I want is to know Christ and the power that raised him to life. I want to suffer and die as he did, <a href="/erv/philippians/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death; <a href="/gwt/philippians/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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, <a href="/gnt/philippians/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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, <a href="/isv/philippians/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> 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, <a href="/net/philippians/3.htm">NET Bible</a> 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, <a href="/nheb/philippians/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death; <a href="/wbt/philippians/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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;<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/philippians/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, <a href="/web/philippians/3.htm">World English Bible</a> that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/philippians/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <a href="/blb/philippians/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> to know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, <a href="/ylt/philippians/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, <a href="/slt/philippians/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> To know him, and the power of his rising up, and the mutual participation of his sufferings, being rendered conformable to his death;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/philippians/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death, <a href="/cpdv/philippians/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> So shall I know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his Passion, having been fashioned according to his death, <a href="/nabre/philippians/3.htm">New American Bible</a> to know him and the power of his resurrection and [the] sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death, <a href="/nrsvce/philippians/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/philippians/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> So 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; <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/philippians/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> 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,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/philippians/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death, <a href="/godbey/philippians/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; <a href="/haweis/philippians/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> that I may know him, and the virtue of his resurrection, and communion with his sufferings, being conformed to his death; <a href="/mace/philippians/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> 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, <a href="/wey/philippians/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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; <a href="/worrell/philippians/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; <a href="/worsley/philippians/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; <a href="/parallel/philippians/3-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mXomUhcrPbg?start=609" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/philippians/3.htm">Knowing Christ Above All Else</a> …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<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/1097.htm" title="1097: gnōnai (V-ANA) -- A prolonged form of a primary verb; to know in a great variety of applications and with many implications.">I want to know</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">Christ</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1411.htm" title="1411: dynamin (N-AFS) -- From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power.">power</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/386.htm" title="386: anastaseōs (N-GFS) -- A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery.">resurrection</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2842.htm" title="2842: koinōnian (N-AFS) -- From koinonos; partnership, i.e. participation, or intercourse, or benefaction.">fellowship</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">His</a> <a href="/greek/3804.htm" title="3804: pathēmatōn (N-GNP) -- From a presumed derivative of pathos; something undergone, i.e. Hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence.">sufferings,</a> <a href="/greek/4833.htm" title="4833: symmorphizomenos (V-PPM/P-NMS) -- To bring to the same form with, conform. From summorphos; to render like, i.e. to assimilate.">being conformed</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to Him</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">in His</a> <a href="/greek/2288.htm" title="2288: thanatō (N-DMS) -- Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.">death,</a> 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Romans 6:5</a> For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm">2 Corinthians 4:10-11</a> 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. <a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a> 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. <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Colossians 1:24</a> 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. <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a> 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. <a href="/2_timothy/2-11.htm">2 Timothy 2:11-12</a> 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; <a href="/ephesians/1-19.htm">Ephesians 1:19-20</a> 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, <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm">1 Peter 4:13</a> But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21</a> For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a> Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. <a href="/romans/8-29.htm">Romans 8:29</a> 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. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-31.htm">1 Corinthians 15:31</a> I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm">2 Corinthians 1:5</a> For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. <a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">1 Peter 1:11</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death;I.<a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a> 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,<a href="/1_john/2-3.htm">1 John 2:3,5</a> And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments… and the power.<a href="/john/5-21.htm">John 5:21-29</a> For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will… <a href="/john/10-18.htm">John 10:18</a> 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.<a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25,26</a> 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.<a href="/matthew/20-23.htm">Matthew 20:23</a> 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.<a href="/romans/6-3.htm">Romans 6:3-5</a> Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? … <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17,29</a> 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… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/philippians/3-9.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-23.htm">Conformable</a> <a href="/romans/12-2.htm">Conformed</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Death</a> <a href="/philippians/2-8.htm">Die</a> <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Died</a> <a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/galatians/4-19.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/philippians/2-25.htm">Part</a> <a href="/philippians/2-13.htm">Power</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">Resurrection</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/philippians/2-18.htm">Share</a> <a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Sharing</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-13.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/philippians/2-30.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-23.htm">Conformable</a> <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Conformed</a> <a href="/philippians/3-11.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/colossians/1-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Die</a> <a href="/colossians/2-20.htm">Died</a> <a href="/philippians/4-14.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">Part</a> <a href="/philippians/3-21.htm">Power</a> <a href="/philippians/3-11.htm">Resurrection</a> <a href="/philippians/3-11.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/philippians/4-14.htm">Share</a> <a href="/colossians/1-12.htm">Sharing</a> <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm">Sufferings</a> <a href="/philippians/4-11.htm">Want</a><div class="vheading2">Philippians 3</div>1. <a href="/philippians/3-1.htm">He warns them to beware of the false teachers;</a> 4. <a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">showing that himself has greater cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the law;</a> 7. <a href="/philippians/3-7.htm">which he counts as loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness;</a> 12. <a href="/philippians/3-12.htm">acknowledging his own imperfection and pressing on toward the goal;</a> 15. <a href="/philippians/3-15.htm">He exhorts them to be thus minded;</a> 17. <a href="/philippians/3-17.htm">and to imitate him,</a> 18. <a href="/philippians/3-18.htm">and to decline carnal ways.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/philippians/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/philippians/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/philippians/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>I want to know Christ This phrase reflects a deep, personal desire for an intimate relationship with Jesus. The Greek word for "know" (γινώσκω) implies experiential knowledge, not just intellectual understanding. This echoes the biblical theme of knowing God personally, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Jeremiah 9:23-24</a>, where knowing God is valued above wisdom, might, and riches. The Apostle Paul, despite his extensive religious background (<a href="/philippians/3-4.htm">Philippians 3:4-6</a>), prioritizes a personal relationship with Christ over all else.and the power of His resurrection The resurrection of Jesus is central to Christian faith, symbolizing victory over sin and death (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-54.htm">1 Corinthians 15:54-57</a>). This power is not only a future hope but a present reality, enabling believers to live transformed lives (<a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a>). The resurrection power is also a foretaste of the believer's future resurrection (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-23</a>). Paul desires to experience this transformative power in his daily life, reflecting the ongoing work of sanctification.and the fellowship of His sufferings Paul speaks of sharing in Christ's sufferings, which is a common theme in his writings (<a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>, <a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm">2 Corinthians 1:5</a>). This fellowship (κοινωνία) implies a partnership or sharing in the experiences of Christ. Suffering for Christ is seen as a privilege and a means of deeper identification with Him (<a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a>). Historically, early Christians often faced persecution, and Paul himself endured much for the sake of the gospel (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-28</a>).being conformed to Him in His death This phrase suggests a process of becoming like Christ in His death, emphasizing self-denial and sacrifice (<a href="/luke/9-23.htm">Luke 9:23</a>). The Greek word for "conformed" (συμμορφίζομαι) indicates a transformation into the same form. Paul views his life as a living sacrifice (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>), and this conformity involves dying to self and sin (<a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a>). It reflects the call to take up one's cross and follow Jesus, embracing the cost of discipleship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Philippians, Paul is writing from prison, expressing his deep desire to know Christ more intimately. 2. <a href="/topical/p/philippi.htm">Philippi</a> A city in Macedonia where the church to whom Paul is writing is located. It was the first European church founded by Paul. 3. <a href="/topical/c/christ_jesus.htm">Christ Jesus</a> Central to this verse, Jesus is the one whom Paul desires to know more deeply, particularly in His resurrection and sufferings. 4. <a href="/topical/r/resurrection.htm">Resurrection</a> Refers to the event of Jesus rising from the dead, which is central to Christian faith and the power Paul seeks to experience. 5. <a href="/topical/s/sufferings_of_christ.htm">Sufferings of Christ</a> The trials and tribulations Jesus endured, which Paul desires to share in, to be more like Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/desire_for_intimacy_with_christ.htm">Desire for Intimacy with Christ</a> Paul’s longing to know Christ should inspire believers to seek a deeper relationship with Jesus, beyond mere knowledge to experiential understanding. <a href="/topical/p/power_of_the_resurrection.htm">Power of the Resurrection</a> Understanding and experiencing the power that raised Jesus from the dead can transform our lives, giving us victory over sin and death. <a href="/topical/f/fellowship_in_suffering.htm">Fellowship in Suffering</a> Sharing in Christ’s sufferings is part of the Christian journey, helping us grow in faith and reliance on God. <a href="/topical/c/conformity_to_christ's_death.htm">Conformity to Christ’s Death</a> Being conformed to His death means dying to self and sin, allowing Christ to live through us. <a href="/topical/h/holistic_christian_experience.htm">Holistic Christian Experience</a> Knowing Christ involves both the joy of resurrection power and the reality of suffering, leading to spiritual maturity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_philippians_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Philippians 3</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'fellowship_of_suffering'_mean.htm">What does "Fellowship of His Sufferings" mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_meaning_of_'double_honor'.htm">What does 'Fellowship of His Sufferings' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_signs_of_saving_faith.htm">What are the signs of saving faith?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_particular_baptists'_beliefs.htm">What defines the beliefs of Particular Baptists?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/philippians/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) Inseparably connected with the possession of this "righteousness of God" is the knowledge of Christ, or more exactly, the gaining the knowledge of Christ (see <a href="/philippians/3-8.htm" title="Yes 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,">Philippians 3:8</a>), by conformity both to His suffering and death, and also to His resurrection. This "conformity to the image of Christ" (<a href="/context/romans/8-29.htm" title="For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.">Romans 8:29-30</a>)--with which compare the having "Christ formed within us" of <a href="/galatians/4-19.htm" title="My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,">Galatians 4:19</a>)--is made by St. Paul the substance of the gracious predestination of God, preceding the call, the justification, the glorification, which mark the various epochs of Christian life.(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" (<a href="/acts/2-38.htm" title="Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.">Acts 2:38</a>; <a href="/acts/3-13.htm" title="The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.">Acts 3:13</a>; <a href="/acts/3-26.htm" title="To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.">Acts 3:26</a>), or, as St. Paul expresses it, of "justification from all things" (<a href="/context/acts/13-38.htm" title="Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins:">Acts 13:38-39</a>). This same idea is wrought out fully in his Epistles. Thus, for example, without it (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-17.htm" title="And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins.">1Corinthians 15:17</a>) "we are still in our sins." It is the pledge of our justification (<a href="/romans/5-1.htm" title="Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:">Romans 5:1</a>), and the means of our being "alive unto God" (<a href="/romans/6-11.htm" title="Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.">Romans 6:11</a>). 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 <a href="/1_peter/4-13.htm" title="But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.">1Peter 4:13</a>; <a href="/romans/8-17.htm" title="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.">Romans 8:17</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/1-5.htm" title="For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ.">2Corinthians 1:5</a>; <a href="/colossians/1-24.htm" title=" Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:">Colossians 1:24</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-11.htm" title="It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:">2Timothy 2:11</a>.) The "conformity to His death" is the completion of the death unto sin, described as "mortification" of sin (<a href="/colossians/3-5.htm" title=" Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:">Colossians 3:5</a>); "as bearing about in the body the dying (or, properly, mortification) of the Lord Jesus" (<a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm" title="Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.">2Corinthians 4:10</a>); or more frequently as being "crucified with Christ," "the world to us and we to the world" (<a href="/galatians/2-20.htm" title="I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.">Galatians 2:20</a>; <a href="/galatians/5-24.htm" title="And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.">Galatians 5:24</a>; <a href="/galatians/6-14.htm" title="But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.">Galatians 6:14</a>). (3) Lastly comes the "attainment to the resurrection of the dead," properly, "the resurrection from the dead," which is (see <a href="/luke/20-35.htm" title="But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:">Luke 20:35</a>) the resurrection unto life and the glorification in Him, so nobly described below (<a href="/context/philippians/3-20.htm" title="For our conversation is in heaven; from where also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:">Philippians 3:20-21</a>). "If we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection" (<a href="/romans/6-5.htm" title="For 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</a>). For of our resurrection (see <a href="/context/1_corinthians/15-12.htm" title="Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?">1Corinthians 15:12-23</a>) His resurrection is not only the pledge, but the earnest. Note how in <a href="/context/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm" title="For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.">1Thessalonians 4:14-18</a>, and <a href="/context/1_corinthians/15-51.htm" title="Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,">1Corinthians 15:51-57</a>, the whole description is only of the resurrection unto life, and compare the first resurrection of <a href="/revelation/20-6.htm" title="Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.">Revelation 20:6</a>. This is the completion of all; St. Paul dared not as yet anticipate it with the confidence which hereafter soothed his dying hour (<a href="/context/2_timothy/4-7.htm" title="I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:">2Timothy 4:7-8</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/philippians/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - That I may know him (τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτόν). For the grammatical construction, see Winer, sect. 44:b. For the sense, comp. <a href="/john/17-3.htm">John 17:3</a>, 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. <a href="/1_john/2-2.htm">1 John 2:2</a>, "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 (<a href="/romans/1-4.htm">Romans 1:4</a>). 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. <a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a>; <a href="/colossians/2-12.htm">Colossians 2:12</a>). 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. <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>; <a href="/2_timothy/2-11.htm">2 Timothy 2:11, 12</a>). 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. <a href="/2_corinthians/4-10.htm">2 Corinthians 4:10</a>; <a href="/romans/6-5.htm">Romans 6:5</a>). 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 <a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Philippians 2:6</a> (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" (<a href="/galatians/2-20.htm">Galatians 2:20</a>; comp. also <a href="/1_corinthians/15-31.htm">1 Corinthians 15:31</a>). <a href="/commentaries/philippians/3-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>[I want] to know γνῶναι (gnōnai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_1097.htm">Strong's 1097: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_1411.htm">Strong's 1411: </a> From dunamai; force; specially, miraculous power. of τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_386.htm">Strong's 386: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2842.htm">Strong's 2842: </a> From koinonos; partnership, i.e. participation, or intercourse, or benefaction. of τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_3804.htm">Strong's 3804: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_4833.htm">Strong's 4833: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> 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 <a href="/greek/strongs_2288.htm">Strong's 2288: </a> Death, physical or spiritual. 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