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Philippians 3:17

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

KJV

Συνμιμηταί μου γίνεσθε, ἀδελφοί, καὶ σκοπεῖτε τοὺς οὕτως περιπατοῦντας καθὼς ἔχετε τύπον ἡμᾶς.

Greek NT

Imitatores mei estote, fratres, et observate eos qui ita ambulant, sicut habetis formam nostram.

Vulgate

Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample.

ASV

Be ye followers of me, brethren: and observe them who walk so as you have our model.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
σκοπέω
skopeo
verb · 6×
συμμιμητής
summimetes
noun · 1×
τύπος
tupos
noun · 15×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:16 — Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
  • 1Cor 4:16 — Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
  • 1Cor 10:32 — Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
  • 1Cor 11:1 — Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
  • 1Pet 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
  • 1Pet 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
  • 1Thess 1:6 — And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
  • 1Thess 2:10 — Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
  • 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
  • 2Thess 3:7 — For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
  • 2Thess 3:7 — For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
  • 2Thess 3:9 — Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
  • 2Thess 3:14 — And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
  • 3John 1:11 — Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
  • Heb 13:7 — Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
  • Heb 13:7 — Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
  • Phil 4:9 — Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
  • Phil 4:9 — Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
  • Ps 37:37 — Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
  • Rom 6:4 — Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  • Rom 16:17 — Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
  • Rom 16:17 — Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.