Phili 3:17 | RWP | e4.org | Imitators together of me ( συνμιμητα μου ). Found only here so far, though Plato uses συμμιμεισθα . "Vie with each other in imitating me" (Lightfoot). Mark ( σκοπειτε ). Old verb from σκοπος (verse ). "Keep your eyes on me as goal." Mark and follow, not avoid as in . An ensample ( τυπον ). Originally the impression left by a stroke ( ), then a pattern (mould) as here (cf. ; , ; ; ).

‏ Philippians 3:17

Imitators together of me ( συνμιμητα μου ). Found only here so far, though Plato uses συμμιμεισθα. "Vie with each other in imitating me" (Lightfoot).

Mark ( σκοπειτε ). Old verb from σκοπος (verse 14). "Keep your eyes on me as goal." Mark and follow, not avoid as in Ro 16:17.

An ensample ( τυπον ). Originally the impression left by a stroke (Joh 20:25), then a pattern (mould) as here (cf. 1Th 1:7; 1Co 10:6, 11; Ro 5:14; 6:17).