Philippians 3:17 Cross References

Philippians 3:17

17: Dear brothers and sisters, pattern your lives after mine, and learn from those who follow our example.

Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be with you.

Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your good example.

Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you teach, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

For you know that you ought to follow our example. We were never lazy when we were with you.

Remember your leaders who first taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and trust the Lord as they do.

So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.

Take note of those who refuse to obey what we say in this letter. Stay away from them so they will be ashamed.

Don't give offense to Jews or Gentiles or the church of God.
That is the plan I follow, too. I try to please everyone in everything I do. I don't just do what I like or what is best for me, but what is best for them so they may be saved.
And you should follow my example, just as I follow Christ's.

And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people's faith by teaching things that are contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.

You yourselves are our witnesses--and so is God--that we were pure and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.
And you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.
We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you into his Kingdom to share his glory.
And we will never stop thanking God that when we preached his message to you, you didn't think of the words we spoke as being just our own. You accepted what we said as the very word of God--which, of course, it was. And this word continues to work in you who believe.
And then, dear brothers and sisters, you suffered persecution from your own countrymen. In this way, you imitated the believers in God's churches in Judea who, because of their belief in Christ Jesus, suffered from their own people, the Jews.

Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future lies before those who love peace.

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