Section 9
speaks of "the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus," a new and extraordinary expres sion. In this verse he says that he counts certain things to be refuse in order to gain Christ. The term "refuse" and the expression "gain Christ" are also unusual. In verse 9 Paul goes on to speak of being "found in Him" and in verse 10 of knowing Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings. Verse 10 also uses the extraordinary expression "con formed to His death." In verse 11 we find a unique term for resurrection—"the out-resurrection from among the dead." The unique expressions in verse 12 include "not that I have already ob tained," "already perfected," "I pursue," "lay hold of that for which I also have been laid hold of." In verse 13 Paul says, "forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before," and in verse 14, "I pursue to ward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." The expressions in these verses are also new and even extraordinary. In verse 15 Paul declares, "Let us therefore, as many as are full grown, have this mind." The phrase "this mind" is unique. Can you find such an ex pression in any of Paul's other Epistles? By "this mind" Paul means a mind focused on pursuing