Philippians 3:17 BSB

Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Συμμιμηταί	Summimētai	Imitators together	G4831 →
μου	mou	of me	G3165 →
γίνεσθε,	ginesthe	do be,	G1096 →
ἀδελφοί,	adelphoi	brothers,	G80 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σκοπεῖτε	skopeite	do observe	G4648 →
τοὺς	tous	those	G3588 →
οὕτω	houtō	thus	G3779 →
περιπατοῦντας	peripatountas	walking	G4043 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
ἔχετε	echete	you have	G2192 →
τύπον	tupon	[for] a pattern	G5179 →
ἡμᾶς.	hēmas	us.	G3165 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
leads to
- Titus 2:7
  In everything, show yourself to be an example by doing good works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
- 2 Timothy 2:22
  Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- 2 Timothy 2:15
  Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
- 1 Peter 5:3
  not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
- 2 Peter 1:5–8
  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
Through
Philippians 4:9
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
leads to
- James 1:22
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
Through
Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12–13
  But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.
- Hebrews 13:17
  Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Corinthians 11:1You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.Philippians 4:9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.1 Corinthians 4:16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.1 Timothy 4:12Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.2 Thessalonians 3:9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.2 Thessalonians 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,3 John 1:11Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.1 Thessalonians 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.1 Corinthians 10:32Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—2 Thessalonians 3:14Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed.Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.1 Thessalonians 2:10–14You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

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