Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Imitators together of me (sunmimhtai mou). Found only here so far, though Plato uses summimeisqai. "Vie with each other in imitating me" (Lightfoot).
Mark (skopeite). Old verb from skopov (verse Philippians 3:14). "Keep your eyes on me as goal." Mark and follow, not avoid as in Romans 16:17.
An ensample (tupon). Originally the impression left by a stroke (John 20:25), then a pattern (mould) as here (cf. I Thessalonians 1:7; I Corinthians 10:6, I Corinthians 10:11; Romans 5:14; Romans 6:17).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Philippians 3:17:
Acts 20:35
1 Thessalonians 1:7
2 Thessalonians 3:7
1 Timothy 4:12
Titus 2:7
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