Philippians 3:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

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Referenced Verses

  • Phil 4:9 : 9 And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
  • 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-11:1 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. 1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
  • 1 Thess 2:10-14 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. 11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, 12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. 13 And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe. 14 For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,
  • 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,
  • 2 Thess 3:9 : 9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
  • 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

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  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

  • Phil 3:12-16
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    12Keep Going Forward Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.

    13Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

    14with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

    15Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

    16Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.

  • 1 Cor 4:16-17
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    16I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

    17For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

  • 2 Thess 3:6-7
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    6Response to the Undisciplined But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us.

    7For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

  • 1 Thess 1:6-7
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    6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

    7As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

  • Phil 3:18
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    18For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1Live in Love Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

  • 2 Thess 3:9
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    9It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews,

  • Gal 4:12
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    12I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong!

  • Col 2:6
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    6Warnings Against the Adoption of False Philosophies Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him,

  • Heb 13:7
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    7Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

  • Jude 1:17
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    17Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 2:6
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    6The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked.

  • Eph 4:17
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    17Live in Holiness So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

  • 2 Thess 3:13-15
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    13But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

    14But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed.

    15Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • 1 Pet 2:21
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    21For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • 2 Tim 3:10
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    10Continue in What You Have Learned You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

  • Phil 4:9
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    9And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.

  • 1 Thess 2:12
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    12exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.

  • 2 Cor 3:2
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    2You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone,

  • Titus 2:7
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    7showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • Phil 2:2
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    2complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

  • 1 Thess 2:10
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    10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.

  • Phil 2:5
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    5You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • Heb 6:12
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    12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

  • 2 Cor 12:18
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    18I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way?

  • Phil 2:15
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    15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world

  • Phil 1:27
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    27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that– whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent– I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

  • 2 Cor 10:7
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    7You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

  • 2 Thess 2:15
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    15Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.

  • Eph 5:15
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    15Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,

  • 1 Cor 3:3
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    3for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people?

  • John 13:15
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    15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

  • 2 Cor 5:7
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    7for we live by faith, not by sight.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1Live in Unity I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,