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19 Bible Verses About Moving Forward, and What Paul Meant by Forgetting

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Summary

  • Paul’s “forgetting what is behind” is not amnesia: he lists his own past in detail elsewhere. It is a refusal to let it set his direction.
  • Isaiah 43:19 says the new thing is already springing up, and asks the exiles whether they perceive it.
  • Hebrews 12:1 names two things to throw off: the sin that entangles, and everything that hinders.
  • Jeremiah 31:17 offers hope for the next generation: “Your children will return to their own land.”
  • Zechariah 4:6 was spoken to Zerubbabel, who was rebuilding the temple after the exile.

In the Bible, moving forward means refusing to let the past set your direction, while still remembering it. When Paul writes “forgetting what is behind” (Philippians 3:13), he has just listed his own past in detail: his ancestry, his zeal as a persecutor of the church, and the credentials he now counts as loss (3:4-8). The nineteen verses below cover what can be left behind, what God is doing that is not yet visible, how to find the way, where…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Paul recalls his past at Philippians 3:4-6, Acts 22:4-5 and 1 Timothy 1:13, which is why the “forgetting” of Philippians 3:13 cannot mean amnesia.

Jeremiah 29:11 sits inside the letter of Jeremiah 29:4-10, including the seventy years at verse 10.

Zechariah 4:6 is addressed to Zerubbabel, rebuilding the temple described at Ezra 3:8-13.

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