What does Philippians 3:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample."
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_...
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...
III. CHRIST, THE OBJECT AND THE GOAL CHAPTER 3 __ 1. The true circumcision (Philippians 3:1) 2. Paul's past experience (Philippians 3:4) 3. The one passion (Philippians 3:8) 4. Pressing towards...
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...
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...
BE. Literally become. FOLLOWERS TOGETHER. Lit fellow-imitators. Greek. _summimetes,_ Only here. MARK. Greek. _skopeo._ See Luke 11:35. ENSAMPLE. Greek. _typos_, pattern....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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 M...
_ 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...
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...
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 you...
[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 privile...
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...
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...
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 th...
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...
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...
_ 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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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;...
BRETHREN, BE FOLLOWERS TOGETHER OF ME, AND MARK THEM WHICH WALK SO AS YE HAVE US FOR AN ENSAMPLE....
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...
Living in the Future Tense 1 Peter 3:17-21 1. KEY WORDS 17 Brethren, followers, mark, ensample 18 Walk, weeping, enemies, cross 19 End, destruction, god, belly, shame, earthly 20 Conversation, h...
“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...
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...
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...
Php_3:17 Brethren G80 join G1096 (G5737) following G4831 example G3450 and G2532 note G4648 (G5720) walk G4043 (G5723) as G3779 G2531 have G2192 (G5719) us G2248 pattern G5179 be - Php_4:9; 1 Corinth...
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...
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...
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 Phi...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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. Philippians 3:1). He then warns them about th...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Timothy 4:12;...
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...
Mark them — For your imitation....
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...