 These are the words of an anxious man. " Not," then he proceeds, " 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. Brethren, I count...  The Works... - Page 70by William Paley - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Anti-Catholicism - 1879
...apprehended ; bnt thii one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus."—Phil. iii. 12, 14. " And enter not into judgment with thy servant:... | |
 | William Jay - 1879
...perfect ; but this one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." And he adds, " Let as many as be perfect be thus minded" Then... | |
 | Richard Waldo Sibthorp - 1879
...Fortiettinti the thiw/s that are behind (writes St. Paul), and ttretching forth myself to those that are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the vocation of God. Godliness, as it advances in and over us, is really perfection of our nature ; it... | |
 | Gertrude Martineau - Ethics - 1881 - 195 pages
...others. Phil. iii. 12, etc. : " Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect. . . . Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended :...before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." XXXV. FKEEDOM. FREEDOM is absence of coercion by other people,... | |
 | 1881
...language of the apostle be ours by heartfelt experience, where he says, " I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do; forgetting those...before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." As we have received Christ, so may we walk in him. I should be... | |
 | William Cardall - 1882 - 36 pages
...motto be ours, ' This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' Secondly, we should seek that in all we do and say and think... | |
 | 1883
...mind as myself, of whom I have spoken in the preceding words: 'Not as though I had already attained or were already perfect, but I follow after, if that...before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus '" ? It is immediately after these words that the Apostle says... | |
 | 1883 - 467 pages
...words of Paul, " This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." HIS EARLY LIFE. In the town of Leith, on the 1st of September,... | |
 | Thoughts, James F Elton - Church year - 1885 - 368 pages
...December 31. " This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." — Phil. iii. 13, 14. The noble love of Jesus impels a man to... | |
 | Christianity - 1888 - 130 pages
...of the Past the Apostle exclaims: "Forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching forward unto those things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Out of the Present the poet sings: "Clasp_ angel of the backward... | |
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