That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
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Gill's Exposition
That I may know him,.... The Ethiopic version reads "by faith"; and to the same sense the Syriac. The apostle did know Christ, and that years ago; he knew whom he had believed; he knew him for…
Barnes' Notes
That I may know him - That I may be fully acquainted with his nature, his character, his work, and with the salvation which he has worked out. It is one of the highest objects of desire in the mind of…
Adam Clarke
That I may know him - To be the true and promised Messiah, and experience all that salvation which he has bought by his blood.
The power of his resurrection - In having this body of my humiliation…
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…
Cambridge Bible
ThatI may know him In order to know Him. For the construction, cp. e.g. 1Co 10:13. Observe the sequence of thought. He embraces "the righteousness which is of God on terms of faith," and renounces "a…
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