It means to chase, harass, vex and pressure and was used for chasing down criminals. ![]() Press on ( 1377) ( dioko from dío = pursue, prosecute, persecute) means to follow or press hard after, literally to pursue as one does a fleeing enemy. The photographer captured in that tense moment a race lost by a backward glance. What the Bible teaches – I shall never forget seeing a prize-winning picture of two great runners, the one pictured giving a glance backward to see his rival, the other runner, breasting the tape on the other side. Are you sold out? Has a passion for pursuit of the Person of Christ gripped your heart? What you are passionate about is that for which you will make time? I press on - Paul says that "It is the habit of my life to keep pressing on" for the verb dioko is in the present tense, which emphasizes the lifelong commitment that gripped and guided this sold out saint. Index to "The Metaphors of St Paul" by John Saul Howson (1868) Philippians 3 Resources - Multiple sermons and commentaries.Young's Literal: to the mark I pursue for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Wuest: I am pursuing on for the prize of the call from above of God which is in Christ Jesus. Phillips: I go straight for the goal - my reward the honour of being called by God in Christ. NLT: I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. Lightfoot: I press forward ever towards the goal, that I may win the prize of my heavenly rest whereunto God has called me in Christ Jesus. ( Westminster Press)Įadie: Toward the mark I press on, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. ( Amplified Bible - Lockman)īarclay: I press on towards the goal, in order that I may win the prize which God’s upward calling in Christ Jesus is offering to me. Greek: kata skopon dioko ( 1SPAI) ei s to brabeion t es an o kleseos tou th eou en Christo Iesou.Īmplified: I press on toward the goal to win the prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. Philippians 3:14 I press on ( 1SPAI) toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus ( NASB: Lockman) Philippians 3:1 Philippians 3:2 Philippians 3:3 Philippians 3:4 Philippians 3:5 Philippians 3:6 Philippians 3:7 Philippians 3:8 Philippians 3:9 Philippians 3:10 Philippians 3:11 Philippians 3:12 Philippians 3:13 Philippians 3:14 Philippians 3:15 Philippians 3:16 Philippians 3:17 Philippians 3:18 Philippians 3:19 Philippians 3:20 Philippians 3:21
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