Press toward the mark向著標桿直跑 (腓立比書3:14)

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Prof. Barbara Newman, Northwestern University
from 2006 Bible Literary project

It's not that it's impossible to read some writers without a Biblical background, but that you would miss a whole dimension to their work.

Prof. Steven Goldsmith, University of California at Berkeley
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

I can only say that if a student doesn't know any Bible literature, he or she will simply not understand whole elements of Shakespeare, Sidney, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Wordsworth

Prof. Robert Kiely, Harvard University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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Prof. David Daniell, University College London
from The Bible in English

You can't really study Western literature intelligently or coherently without starting with the Bible.

Prof. Gerald L. Bruns, University of Notre Dame
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

...a familiar understanding of Christian doctrine in historical perspective thus contributes to a fuller appreciation of Shakespeare's art, but Shakespeare's art

Prof. Roland M. Frye
from Shakespeare and the Christian Doctrine

In English tradition and also for an American tradition begun by Puritan writers, a knowledge of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament is even more crucial than classical references.

Prof. Ulrich Knoefplmacher, Princeton University
from 2006 Bible Literary Project

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Prof. David Jasper and Prof. Stephen Prickett
from the Bible and literature

Press toward the mark向著標桿直跑 (腓立比書3:14)

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聖經經文

“Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” “忘記背後努力面前的、向著標竿直跑、要得神在基督耶穌裡從上面召我來得的獎賞。”(腓立比书3:14)

意思

“To press on toward the mark”（向著標桿直跑），就是排除萬難地實現目標。

來源及應用

使徒保羅，在他給腓力比教會的信中，道出了他為著基督的緣故，向著標桿直跑的決心。他要求門徒們忘記過去獲得的成就，在上帝之路上，努力邁向前方。

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Keywords

forget future goal mark press

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Press toward the mark向著標桿直跑 (腓立比書3:14)

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