腓三12~13 这不是说，我已经得着了，或已经完全了，我乃是竭力追求，或者可以取得基督耶稣所以取得我的。弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经取得了，我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的。

　　保罗已经相当经历并赢得基督，但他不是以为自己已经完全经历了，已经彻底赢得了；他仍然向着标竿竭力追求，要赢得基督到最完满的地步。

　　保罗在腓立比三章十三节说到忘记背后。为着要赢得基督到最完满的地步，保罗不但抛弃他在犹太教里的经历，也不停留在他已往对基督的经历中，他乃是忘记背后。不论已往的经历多真实，我们若停留其中，怀记不忘，就会受阻挠，不能进一步追求基督（新约总论第十二册，四一页）。

　　Phil. 3:12-13 Not that I have already obtained or am already perfected, but I pursue, if even I may lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers, I do not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before.

　　Paul had experienced and gained Christ tremendously, yet he did not account of himself to have experienced Christ in full or to have gained Him to the uttermost. He still endeavored to pursue toward the goal—the gaining of Christ to the fullest extent.

　　In Philippians 3:13 Paul speaks of “forgetting the things which are behind.” In order to gain Christ to the fullest extent, Paul not only forsook his experiences in Judaism but also would not linger in his past experiences of Christ. He forgot the past. Not to forget but to linger in our past experiences, however genuine they were, frustrates our further pursuing of Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3512)

　　保罗也告诉我们，他努力面前的。他认识基督的丰富追测不尽，有广阔的范围可以去取得。他就努力向前，要赢得这些丰富，更多进入这范围。

　　虽然保罗是成熟的圣徒，非常老练的使徒，但他告诉我们，他不是已经得着了，已经完全了。……当然，他借着信徒共同的信，得了信徒共有的救恩（提前一14~16），但他仍竭力追求基督以赢得祂到最完满的地步。不但如此，保罗也追求基督以得着复活特殊的分，就是杰出的复活。要得着这复活的分，我们必须竭力追求，奔跑赛程，并得胜地完成我们的路程。……我们悔改相信的时候，就被基督得着，好叫我们赢得祂。现今我们是还没有得着，还没有完全的人，我们一直竭力追求基督。

　　保罗向着标竿竭力追求，要得奖赏〔腓三14〕。基督是标竿也是奖赏。标竿是最完满地享受基督，赢得基督；奖赏是在千年国里，对基督极点的享受，作奔跑新约赛程之得胜者的赏赐。保罗操练自己，忘记背后，努力面前的，为要达到标竿，得着奖赏。这是竭力追求基督以赢得祂的路。

　　我们应该看见神设立了标竿，预备了奖赏的事实。我们需要好好奔跑赛程，忘记背后，努力面前的，竭力追求基督；“面前的”就是关于基督和祂的身体召会的事。让我们都忘记背后，留意我们前面光明的前途，就是赢得基督，并在祂的身体里经历祂到极点。

　　我们不该仅仅满意于圣经的知识，甚至满意于对腓立比三章的认识。我们需要真实地竭力追求基督。“竭力追求”，原文也可译为“逼迫”。保罗在得救前，是消极地逼迫基督；得救后，他竭力追求基督到一个地步，我们甚至可说他也是逼迫基督，不过是在正面上。逼迫人就是搅扰人，不肯放他过去。在保罗得救前，他搅扰基督，不放祂过去，是反面地逼迫基督；但他得救并被基督得着以后，仍然逼迫祂，不过是正面的，因他不肯放基督过去。我们也该这样逼迫基督，以赢得祂。我们不该放基督过去；反要搅扰祂，逼迫祂，以赢得祂。这就是竭力追求基督（新约总论第十二册，四一至四三页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第三百四十九篇。

　　Paul also tells us that he was stretching forward to the things which are before. He knew that Christ is unsearchably rich, that there is a vast territory of His riches to be possessed. He was stretching forward to gain these riches and to advance further into this territory.

　　Even though Paul was a matured saint and an experienced apostle, he tells us that he had not already obtained and had not yet been perfected… He, of course, had obtained the common salvation by the common faith (1 Tim. 1:14-16), but he was still pursuing Christ in order to gain Him to the fullest extent. Furthermore, Paul was also seeking Christ in order to have the extra portion of resurrection, the out-resurrection. In order to have this portion of resurrection, we must pursue, run the race, and finish our course triumphantly…At the time of our conversion, we were gained by Christ so that we may gain Him. Now as those who have not yet obtained and who have not yet been perfected, we are pursuing Christ.

　　Paul was pursuing toward the goal for the prize [Phil 3:14]. Christ is both the goal and the prize. The goal is the fullest enjoyment and gaining of Christ, and the prize is the uttermost enjoyment of Christ in the millennial kingdom as a reward to the victorious runners of the New Testament race. In order to reach the goal for the prize, Paul was exercised to forget the things which are behind and to stretch forward to the things which are before. This is the way to gain Christ by pursuing Him.

　　We should see the fact that God has set up a goal and prepared a prize. We need to run a good race and to pursue Christ by forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, that is, the things concerning Christ and His Body, the church. Let us all forget the things behind and pay attention to the bright future ahead of us, a future of gaining Christ and experiencing Him to the uttermost in His Body.

　　We should not be satisfied simply with Bible knowledge, not even with the knowledge of Philippians 3. We need to have the actual pursuing of Christ. The Greek word for pursue can also be translated “persecute.” Before Paul was saved, he was persecuting Christ in a negative way. After he was saved, he pursued Christ to such an extent that we may even say he persecuted Christ but in a very positive way. To persecute a person is to trouble him and refuse to let him go. Before Paul was saved, he bothered Christ and would not let Him go, persecuting Him negatively. But after he was saved and had been gained by Christ, Paul still persecuted Him, but positively, for he refused to let Christ go. We also should persecute Christ in this way in order to gain Him. We should not let Christ go; rather, we should bother Him, persecute Him, in order to gain Him. This is to pursue Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3512-3513)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 349