Philippians 3:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPhilippians 3:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
Οὐχ
ou
G3756
not
ὅτι
hóti
G3754
that
ἤδη
ḗdē
G2235
already
ἔλαβον
lambánō
G2983
to take
ἢ
ḗ
G2228
or
ἤδη
ḗdē
G2235
already
τετελείωμαι
teleióō
G5048
to perfect
διώκω
diṓkō
G1377
to persecute
δὲ
dé
G1161
but
εἰ
ei
G1487
if
καταλάβω
katalambánō
G2638
to seize
ἐφ’
epí
G1909
upon
ᾧ
hós
G3739
who
καὶ
kaí
G2532
and
κατελήμφθην
katalambánō
G2638
to seize
ὑπὸ
hypó
G5259
under
Χριστοῦ
Christós
G5547
Christ
Ἰησοῦ
Iēsoûs
G2424
Jesus
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, if it is so that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Not that I already received, or have already been made perfect, but I am pursuing, if perhaps I might also grasp that for which I was also grasped by Christ Jesus.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).