Filipi 1:23

1:23 I feel torn between the two, ¹  because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far,

Filipi 3:12

Keep Going Forward

3:12 Not that I have already attained this – that is, I have not already been perfected – but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. ² 

[1:23]  ¹ tn Grk “I am hard-pressed between the two.” Cf. L&N 30.18.

[3:12]  ² tn Grk “that for which I also was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.” The passive has been translated as active in keeping with contemporary English style.