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Verse 17. _BRETHREN, BE FOLLOWERS - OF ME_] In the things of Christ
let me be your _line_, and my writings preaching, and conduct, your
_rule_.
_AND MARK THEM_] σκοπειτε. Still alluding to the _line_...
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BRETHREN, BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME - That is, live as I do. A
minister of the gospel, a parent, or a Christian of any age or
condition, ought so to live that he can refer to his own example, and
ex...
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III. CHRIST, THE OBJECT AND THE GOAL
CHAPTER 3
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1. The true circumcision (Philippians 3:1)
2. Paul's past experience (Philippians 3:4)
3. The one passion (Philippians 3:8)...
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PHP_3:17-21. A CONTRAST. The Philippians are to follow Paul's example
in this matter. It is needed because many live very differently. They
are a great grief to him; indulging in gross living and even...
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THE INDESTRUCTIBLE JOY (Php_3:1)
_ 3:1 As for what remains, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. It is no
trouble to me to write the same things to you, and for you it is
safe._
Paul sets down two very...
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Brothers, unite in imitating me, and keep your gaze on those who live,
as you have seen us as an example. For there are many who behave in
such a way--I have often spoken to you about them, and I do s...
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BE. Literally become.
FOLLOWERS TOGETHER. Lit fellow-imitators. Greek. _summimetes,_ Only
here.
MARK. Greek. _skopeo._ See Luke 11:35.
ENSAMPLE. Greek. _typos_, pattern....
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Application of the thought of progress: warning against antinomian
distortion of the truth of grace: the coming glory of the body, a
motive to holy purity
17. _Brethren_ A renewed earnest address, in...
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APPLICATION OF THE THOUGHT OF PROGRESS: WARNING AGAINST UNHOLY MISUSE
OF THE TRUTH OF GRACE: THE COMING GLORY OF THE BODY, A MOTIVE TO
PURITY...
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ΣΥΜΜΙΜΗΤΑΊ ΜΟΥ ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ. Literally, “Become my
co-imitators”; “join in copying my example.” In this case, the
example is that of the renunciation of self-righteousness and of the
dream of an attained p...
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ΣΥΜΜΙΜΗΤΉΣ (G4831) подражатель,
ΓΊΝΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
становиться,
ΣΚΟΠΕΊΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΣΚΟΠΈΩ (G4648)
смотреть, фиксировать внимание на
чем-л., отмечать...
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DISCOURSE: 2156
OF FOLLOWING GOOD EXAMPLES
Philippians 3:17; Philippians 3:20. _Brethren, be followers together
of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an
ensample.…For our conversation...
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BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME,— Here the reason very plainly appears,
why he said so much of himself in the foregoing verses; and we may
observe, that as he was apprehensive of the danger his Philippian...
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17. BRETHREN, BE YE IMITATORS TOGETHER OF ME, AND MARK THEM THAT SO
WALK EVEN AS YE HAVE US FOR AN EXAMPLE.
_Translation and Paraphrase_
17. Be ye (all of you) fellow-imitators (imitators together)...
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Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as
ye have us for an ensample.
BE [ ginesthe (G1096), 'become']
FOLLOWERS, [ summimeetai (G4831)] - 'imitators together.
OF ME...
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_ THE LIVING EXAMPLES_
19 The word soul has lost its significance in English, especially in
its compounds, hence we render idiomatically "good cheer," for "well
souled" and "equally sensitive" for "e...
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DANGERS AND HOPES OF THE PRESENT SITUATION
_V. Interjected Warnings (Philippians 3:1)_
§ 11. PHILIPPIANS 3:1. FINALLY (lit. 'For the rest'), MY BRETHREN,
brings the close of the letter in sight (see...
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LETTER OF JOY
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 3
PAUL WARNS THEM AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS 3:1-3
V1 Finally, my friends, *rejoice in the *Lord. To write the same
things to yo...
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FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME. — The word is peculiar. It signifies
_unite in following me._ In accordance with the genius of the whole
Epistle, St. Paul offers his example as a help not only to rectitude...
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(17-21) In these verses St. Paul turns from the party of Pharisaic
perfection to the opposite party of Antinomian profligacy, claiming,
no doubt, to walk in the way of Christian liberty which he preac...
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[7.
Words of Warning (Philippians 3:1 to Philippians 4:3).
(1) AGAINST THE JUDAISERS.
(_a_)
_Warning against confidence_ “_in the flesh,”_ illustrated by his
own renunciation of all Jewish privileg...
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CHAPTER 11
THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST.
Philippians 3:8 (R.V.)
MR. ALEXANDER KNOX, in a letter to a friend, makes the following
remark: "Religion contains two sets of truths, which I may venture to
deno...
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CHAPTER 14
CHRISTIAN LIFE A RACE.
Philippians 3:12 (R.V.)
VARIOUS passages in this Epistle suggest that the Apostle's Philippian
friends or some of them were relaxing in diligence; they were failing...
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A SOLEMN WARNING AGAINST THE EARTHLY, SENSUAL MIND....
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συμμιμ. The compound is significant. _Uno consensu et una mente_
(Calv.). This emphasis on their unity justifies the interpretation of
τῷ αὐτῷ favoured above. Paul is compelled to make his own
example...
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PRESSING ON “UNTO THE PRIZE”
Philippians 3:13
The nearer the saint comes to the perfect life, the farther he feels
from it. It is only when we have climbed the foothills that we realize
how lofty the...
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This is the great chapter of the autobiography of Paul. First, he
emphasized the story of his past in a most remarkable way. Then
referring to these things as gains (the word in the original is
plural...
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BE CAREFUL WHO YOU FOLLOW
Paul wanted the brethren at Philippi to follow him in his constant run
toward the goal and mark. He also encouraged them to note those who
followed a similar course (1 Peter...
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Be followers of me, always in distrust of your own merits, and always
eager to advance in perfection, as I am. It is a happy thing when a
pastor can thus in all sincerity and simplicity address his f...
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(17) В¶ Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which
walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (18) (For many walk, of whom I
have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they a...
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There is no epistle in the New Testament which gives so little space
to the development of. doctrine as this to the Philippians. Need it be
said that it has not the less its own proper office on that...
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17_Mark them _By this expression he means, that it is all one to him
what persons they single out for themselves for imitation, provided
they conform themselves to that purity of which he was a patter...
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In Chapter 3 Paul resumes his exhortation; but it was not burdensome
to him, and it was safe for them (danger being present and his tender
love watchful), to renew his warnings and instructions respec...
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BRETHREN, BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME,.... Not that the apostle set up
himself as the head of a party, which is what he always blamed in
others; he did not assume a dominion over the faith of men, or...
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Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as
ye have us for an ensample.
Ver. 17. _Be followers together of me_] _Longum iter per praecepta,
brevius per exempla._ Everything...
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_Brethren, be followers together_ Συμμιμηται, _joint
imitators, of me_ Obedient to my directions, and following the pattern
which God enables me to set before you; _and mark_ Observe and imitate
them;...
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A warning call:...
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BRETHREN, BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME, AND MARK THEM WHICH WALK SO AS
YE HAVE US FOR AN ENSAMPLE....
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It is far from irksome to the apostle to turn again to speak of
"rejoicing in the Lord." Simple and elementary as is his exhortation,
he is not wearied in repeating "the same things..... For you it is...
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“Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so
walk even as ye have us for an ensample”
“Be ye imitators together of me”: See 1 Corinthians 11:1. He urges
them to imitate his attitud...
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12-21 This simple dependence and earnestness of soul, were not
mentioned as if the apostle had gained the prize, or were already made
perfect in the Saviour's likeness. He forgot the things which wer...
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BRETHREN, BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME; he doth here not only propound
his own single example to the brethren at Philippi, as he doth to
others elsewhere, 1 CORINTHIANS 4:16, implying the limitation th...
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Php_3:17 Brethren G80 join G1096 (G5737) following G4831 example G3450
and G2532 note G4648 (G5720) walk G4043 (G5723) as...
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‘Brothers, be you imitators together of me, and mark them that so
walk even as you have us for an example.'
Having sought to establish a proper mindset, Paul points out that a
further aid in godly liv...
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HIS KNOWING OF CHRIST INVOLVES PARTICIPATION WITH HIM IN THE POWER OF
HIS RESURRECTION, AND EQUAL PARTICIPATION WITH HIM IN HIS SUFFERINGS,
BY HIMSELF RECOGNISING THAT HE HAS DIED WITH CHRIST. AND HIS...
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Philippians 3:17. BRETHREN, BE YE IMITATORS TOGETHER OF ME.
‘Fellow-imitators' would be the literal rendering of the noun in
this clause, and it intimates that the apostle desires every one of
the Phi...
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_What Examples are_ _to be followed, and what to be avoided,_ 17-21.
Having set before the Philippians the necessity for walking in the
light which each has, St. Paul now points them to his own life,...
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IMITATORS TOGETHER OF ME
(συνμιμητα μου). Found only here so far, though Plato uses
συμμιμεισθα. "Vie with each other in imitating me"
(Lightfoot).MARK
(σκοπειτε). Old verb from σκοπος (verse Phil...
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Philippians 3:1. _Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord._
Let this be the end of everything; before you get to the end of it,
and when you do get to the end of it, «rejoice in the Lord.» It is
in...
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The Holy Ghost incited this Epistle by the pen of his servant Paul.
May he also write it on our hearts!
Philippians 3:1. _Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord._
When you get to «finally,» when...
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Philippians 3:1. _Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord._
As much as to say, «If this were the last sentence that I should
write to you, I would say, Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord.'
I...
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CONTENTS: Christ, the object of the believer's faith, desire and
expectation.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: Let those reckon themselves unspeakable losers, who by
adhering t...
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Philippians 3:2. _Beware of dogs,_ judaizing teachers and false
apostles, which bite and devour the flock; dogs which bark in
ignorance against the person of Christ, and the gospel of God our
Saviour....
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IMITATING ME. _Robert Rainy_ says: "Do not mistake the whole nature of
Christianity; do not altogether miss the path in which God's children
go. It is one Spirit that dwells in the Church; let not you...
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PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 3:1 Opponents of the Gospel: Where
Does Righteousness Come From? Paul calls on the Philippians to
rejoice in the Lord (v. Philippi
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PHILIPPIANS—NOTE ON PHILIPPIANS 3:17 Paul asks the Philippians to
JOIN IN IMITATING ME and other mature Christians (compare Philippians
4:9;...
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_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_
Philippians 3:17. FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME.—He does not, as some
ungracious pastors do, show the steep road to perfection whilst
himself staying at the wicket-gate. L...
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EXPOSITION
PHILIPPIANS 3:1
FINALLY, MY BRETHREN, REJOICE IN THE LORD. This word "finally"
(τὸ λοιπόν is frequently used by St. Paul to introduce a
practical conclusion after the doctrinal portion...
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Philippians 3.
Again, remember that the background of this epistle, Paul is chained
to a Roman soldier in Rome, in prison, writing to the Philippians. The
keynote of...
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1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1
Corinthians 4:16;...
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Followers together of me [σ υ μ μ ι μ η τ α ι μ ο υ].
Only here in the New Testament. Rev., more correctly, imitators.
Compare 1 Corinthians 11:1. Not imitators of Christ in common with me,
but be tog...
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Mark them — For your imitation....
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Here our apostle proposes his own example to their imitation: FOLLOW
ME, who have renounced all my Jewish privileges, all confidence in any
thing of my own; and mark them for your patterns, who walk s...