Textus Receptus:
ει πως καταντησω εις την εξαναστασιν των νεκρων
King James:
If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Comments:
If by any means: The conditionality is not about Paul doubting whether he will ever be resurrected. Rather, he is making emphatic that there is only one route to the resurrection: through Christ's death and suffering. So, as the previous verse makes clear, to choose the resurrection is a vapid choice unless the subject also chooses Christ's death and sufferings.
Expanded Paraphrase:
I choose Christ's death and sufferings because there is no other "how" by which to arrive at the resurrection-no one else who ever conquered death.
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