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Philippians 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,

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “not” (οὐ) before do consider here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “not yet” (οὔπω) before do consider here.

ἀδελφοίadelphoiBrethrenἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “Brethren”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.BrethrenἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iἐμαυτὸνemautonmyselfἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “myself”, the object formG1683Strong’s files this form under G1473 (ἐγώ).myselfοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.λογίζομαιlogizomaito countλογίζομαιverb, present middle indicative, 1st person singular — “to count”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3049I reckon, count, charge with; reason, decide, conclude; think, suppose.This verse uses “count”.κατειληφέναιkateilēphenaito have apprehendedκαταλαμβάνω (katalambanō)verb, perfect active infinitive — “to have apprehended”, a completed action with a present resultG2638(a) I seize tight hold of, arrest, catch, capture, appropriate, (b) I overtake, (c) mid. aor: I perceived, comprehended.to have apprehendedἓνhenthis one thingεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “this one thing”, the object formG1520one.this one thingδέdeandδέconjunction — “and”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “and”.andτὰtatheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μὲνmenon one handμένconjunction — “on one hand”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.ὀπίσωopisōafterὀπίσωadverb — “after”G3694behind, after; back, backwards.This verse uses “after”.ἐπιλανθανόμενοςepilanthanomenosto forgetἐπιλανθάνομαι (epilanthanomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to forget”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1950I forget, neglect.This verse uses “forget”.τοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, neuter — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.δὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἔμπροσθενemprosthenthose things which are beforeἔμπροσθενadverb — “those things which are before”G1715in front, before the face; sometimes made a subst. by the addition of the article: in front of, before the face of.those things which are beforeἐπεκτεινόμενοςepekteinomenosto reach out toἐπεκτείνομαι (epekteinomai)verb, present middle participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to reach out to”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1901I strain after, stretch forward.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

οὔπωoupōnot yetοὔπωnegative particle — “not yet”G3768not yet.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing — the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Young’s Literal Translation

brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold; and one thing — the things behind indeed forgetting, and to the things before stretching forth —

World English Bible

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,

Darby Translation

Brethren, I do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing — forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,

Douay-Rheims

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended. But one thing I do: forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth myself to those that are before,

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