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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.

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Συμμιμηταίsummimētaifollowers togetherσυμμιμητής (summimētēs)noun, nominative, plural, masculine — “followers together”, the subject formG4831a joint imitator.followers togetherμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).of meγίνεσθεginestheto beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present middle imperative, 2nd person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.ἀδελφοίadelphoibrotherἀδελφός (adelphos)noun, vocative, plural, masculine — “brother”, the calling formG80a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andσκοπεῖτεskopeitemarkσκοπέω (skopeō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “mark”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4648I look at, regard attentively, take heed, beware, consider.markτοὺςtoustheὁ (ho)article, accusative, plural, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.οὕτωhoutōsoοὕτω(ς) (houtōs)adverb — “so”G3779thus, so, in this manner.soπεριπατοῦνταςperipatountasto walkπεριπατέω (peripateō)verb, present active participle, accusative, plural, masculine — “to walk”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4043I walk, hence Hebraistically (in an ethical sense): I conduct my life, live.This verse uses “walk”.καθὼςkathōsasκαθώςconjunction — “as”G2531according to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as.asἔχετεecheteye haveἔχω (echō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye have”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2192I have, hold, possess.This verse uses “have”.ye haveτύπονtuponfor an ensampleτύπος (tupos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “for an ensample”, the object formG5179(originally: the mark of a blow, then a stamp struck by a die), (a) a figure; a copy, image, (b) a pattern, model, (c) a type, prefiguring something or somebody.for an ensampleἡμᾶςhēmasIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, plural — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us — a pattern;

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

become followers together of me, brethren, and observe those thus walking, according as ye have us — a pattern;

World English Bible

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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