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Philippians 3

Phil. 3:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Brethren
adephos (Greek #80)
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1)
KJV usage: brother.
Pronounce: ad-el-fos'
Origin: from 1 (as a connective particle) and δελφύς (the womb)
, be
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
followersi together
summimetes (Greek #4831)
a co-imitator, i.e. fellow votary
KJV usage: follower together.
Pronounce: soom-mim-ay-tace'
Origin: from a presumed compound of 4862 and 3401
of me
mou (Greek #3450)
of me
KJV usage: I, me, mine (own), my.
Pronounce: moo
Origin: the simpler form of 1700
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
mark
skopeo (Greek #4648)
to take aim at (spy), i.e. (figuratively) regard
KJV usage: consider, take heed, look at (on), mark. Compare 3700.
Pronounce: skop-eh'-o
Origin: from 4649
them which walk
peripateo (Greek #4043)
to tread all around, i.e. walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)
KJV usage: go, be occupied with, walk (about).
Pronounce: per-ee-pat-eh'-o
Origin: from 4012 and 3961
so as
houto (Greek #3779)
in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)
KJV usage: after that, after (in) this manner, as, even (so), for all that, like(-wise), no more, on this fashion(-wise), so (in like manner), thus, what.
Pronounce: hoo'-to
Origin: οὕτως (hoo'-toce) adverb from 3778
ye have
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
us
hemas (Greek #2248)
us
KJV usage: our, us, we.
Pronounce: hay-mas'
Origin: accusative case plural of 1473
k for
kathos (Greek #2531)
just (or inasmuch) as, that
KJV usage: according to, (according, even) as, how, when.
Pronounce: kath-oce'
Origin: from 2596 and 5613
an ensample
tupos (Greek #5179)
a die (as struck), i.e. (by implication) a stamp or scar; by analogy, a shape, i.e. a statue, (figuratively) style or resemblance; specially, a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning)
KJV usage: en-(ex-)ample, fashion, figure, form, manner, pattern, print.
Pronounce: too'-pos
Origin: from 5180
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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1 Thess. 1:6• 6and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit, (1 Thess. 1:6)
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1 Peter 5:3• 3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock. (1 Peter 5:3)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Phil. 4:9• 9What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you. (Phil. 4:9)
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1 Cor. 4:16• 16I entreat you therefore, be my imitators. (1 Cor. 4:16)
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1 Cor. 10:32‑33• 32Give no occasion to stumbling, whether to Jews, or Greeks, or the assembly of God.
 33Even as *I* also please all in all things; not seeking my own profit, but that of the many, that they may be saved. (1 Cor. 10:32‑33)
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1 Cor. 11:1• 1Be my imitators, even as *I* also am of Christ. (1 Cor. 11:1)
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1 Thess. 1:6• 6and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit, (1 Thess. 1:6)
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1 Thess. 2:10‑14• 10*Ye* are witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:
 11as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,
 12that ye should walk worthy of God, who calls you to his own kingdom and glory.
 13And for this cause we also give thanks to God unceasingly that, having received the word of the report of God by us, ye accepted, not men's word, but, even as it is truly, God's word, which also works in you who believe.
 14For *ye*, brethren, have become imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for *ye* also have suffered the same things of your own countrymen as also *they* of the Jews, (1 Thess. 2:10‑14)
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2 Thess. 3:7,9• 7For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
 9not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us. (2 Thess. 3:7,9)
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1 Tim. 4:12• 12Let no one despise thy youth, but be a model of the believers, in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (1 Tim. 4:12)
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Heb. 13:7• 7Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith. (Heb. 13:7)
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1 Peter 5:3• 3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for the flock. (1 Peter 5:3)
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Psa. 37:37• 37Mark the perfect, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace; (Psa. 37:37)
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Rom. 16:17• 17But I beseech you, brethren, to consider those who create divisions and occasions of falling, contrary to the doctrine which *ye* have learnt, and turn away from them. (Rom. 16:17)
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2 Thess. 3:14• 14But if any one obey not our word by the letter, mark that man, and do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed of himself; (2 Thess. 3:14)
• Faithful through grace to this revelation, having no other object which guided his steps, or to divide his heart, he gives himself as an example. He truly followed Christ, but the form of his life was peculiar, on account of the way in which God had called him; and it is thus that Christians possessing this revelation ought to walk. (“Philippians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• The character of this looking to Jesus was special. It was not a Christ known on earth who was its object, but a Christ glorified whom he had seen in heaven. To press ever forward to this end formed the character of his life. (“Philippians 3” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be imitators all together of me, brethren, and fix your eyes on those walking thus as you have us for a model;

W. Kelly Translation

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Be joint-imitators of me, brethren, and mark those so walking as ye have us for a pattern.