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If by any means (εἴ πως)
For the form of expression compare Rom 1:10; Rom 11:14. Not an expression of doubt, but of humility.
I might attain (καταντήσω)
See on Act 26:7.
The resurrection of the dead (τὴν ἐξανάστασιν τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶν).
Rev., more correctly, from the dead. Lit., the resurrection, that, namely, from the dead. Compare Act 4:2. This compound noun for resurrection is found only here, and expresses the rising from or from among (ἐξ), which is further emphasized by the repetition of the preposition ἐκ (from). The kindred compound verb occurs Mar 12:19; Luk 20:28; Act 15:5, but in neither passage of raising the dead. The word here does not differ in meaning from ἀνάστασις, commonly used, except that the idea is more vividly conceived as a rising from the earth. See Mat 22:31; Luk 20:35. The phrase resurrection of or from the dead does not often occur in the Gospels, and resurrection ἐκ from the dead only twice in the New Testament, Act 4:2; 1Pe 1:3. For the phrase, see on Luk 16:31. Resurrection of the dead is a generic phrase, denoting the general resurrection of the dead, bad and good. Resurrection from the dead, in the only two passages where it occurs, signifies resurrection unto life. In 1Pe 1:3, it is applied to Christ.