Philippians 3:17
Brothers, be comrades in imitating me, and study those whose life and walk is according to the pattern I have set you.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
In Context
16if only we guide our steps by the standards we have already attained.
Cross References
Romans 16:17I exhort you, brothers, to keep watch of those who are causing the divisions among you, and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the teaching which you have learned.
1 Corinthians 10:32Do not be a cause of stumbling either to Jews of to Gentiles, or to the church of God.
1 Thessalonians 1:6Moreover, you began to follow the pattern I set you, and the Lord’s also, receiving the word with joy in the Holy Spirit, although amid severe persecution.
2 Thessalonians 3:7For you know well how you must imitate me. For I did not lead an idle or disorderly life among you;
2 Thessalonians 3:14If any man does not give heed to what I have said in this letter, mark that man; do not associate with him, so as to make him feel ashamed;
Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the message of God to you; consider the issue of their lives, and imitate their faith.
Matthew Henry on Philippians 3:16-17
Warnings and Exhortations. ( a. d. 62.) 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. The apostle, having proposed himself as an example, urges the Philippians to follow it. Let the same mind be in us which was in blessed Paul. We see here how he was minded; let us be like-minded, and set our hearts upon Christ… Read the whole commentary →