King James Version
Philippians 3:17 in the King James Version says “Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.” — study this verse from Philippians chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.”
Philippians 3:17 · KJV
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.
Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
KJV Study — Public Domain
“be”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“them which walk”
G4043to tread all around, i.e., walk at large (especially as proof of ability); figuratively, to live, deport oneself, follow (as a companion or votary)
“ye have”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“for an ensample”
G5179a 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 samp
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