 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
 | Alexander McConnell, William Revell Moody, Arthur Percy Fitt - Theology - 1906
...Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to go on to perfection, saying with Paul, "I count not myself to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting...before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." — Thomas Guthrie. Friday, igth. None of these things move me.... | |
 | 1855
...will be sure to draw the people after you. Take Paul for your example, and his words for your motto, " 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." Strive daily to receive of Christ's fulness, and grace upon grace... | |
 | 1857
...concentrated design : " 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." How glorious such a state of heart and life ! and such a state... | |
 | Rev. Patrick Ryan - Perfection - 1910 - 110 pages
...But one thing I do ; forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth myself to those that are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the supernal vocation of God in Christ Jesus" (Phil. iii. i3). If, then, the Apostle of the Gentiles. the... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - Great Britain - 1919 - 238 pages
...her favourite text : " Forgetting the things that are behind, and reaching forth unto the things that are before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." The second aspect of my mother's religion which drew a ready... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke - 1921
..."This one thing I do," he says: "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." And elsewhere, again and again, he expresses the same thought.... | |
 | Jesse Brett - Bible - 1925 - 397 pages
...thought of self-satisfaction. Like S. Paul she ever says of herself : " I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting...before, I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." 1 And sometimes her consciousness of incompleteness and imperfection... | |
 | United States. Yorktown Sesquicentennial Commission - United States - 1932 - 382 pages
...his letter to the Philippians — Forgetting the things which are behind and reaching forth unto the things which are before, I press towards the mark for the prize. But with all his forward look and strenuous advance, he lays tribute to the valuable store of experience... | |
 | John Murray - Religion - 1955 - 192 pages
...nothing less than the goal of the resurrection to life and glory that Paul had in mind when he wrote, "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" (PhiL 3 : 13, 14). The perseverance of the saints reminds us very... | |
 | Joseph W. Witmer, John Robert Wright - Religion - 1986 - 349 pages
...which he expressed in these words: '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. 3.13-14). The Common Declaration by Pope Paul VI and the... | |
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