Philippians 3:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 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.
1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: …
Romans 8:28-30
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9-14)

We now heard what the apostle renounced; let us now see what he laid hold on, and resolved to cleave to, namely, Christ and heaven. He had his heart on these two great peculiarities of the Christian religion. I. The apostle had his heart upon Christ as his righteousness. This is illustrated in several instances. 1. He desired to win Christ; and an unspeakable gainer he would reckon himself if he h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. high calling--literally, “the calling that is above” (Ga 4:26; Col 3:1): “the heavenly calling” (He 3:1). “The prize” is “the crown of righteousness” (1Co 9:24; 2Ti 4:8). Re 2:10, “crown of life.” 1Pe 5:4, “a crown of glory that fadeth not away.” “The high,” or “heavenly calling,” is not restricted, as Alford thinks, to Paul’s own calling as an apostle by the summons of God from heaven; but th…