Philippians 3:17 Brothers, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as you have us for an ensample.… Embodied virtue or vice cannot but be attended with the consequences of a wide-spreading influence. In the example of St. Paul here before us we see — I. AS UTTER REJECTION OF ANY RIGHTEOUSNESS OF HIS OWN AS A PLEA OF JUSTIFICATION. II. A CORDIAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE REDEEMER. III. AN UNREMITTING PURSUIT AFTER THAT HOLINESS WITHOUT WHICH NO MAN SHALL SEE THE LORD. Conclusion: The nobility of the Christian calling. 1. The superiority of its enjoyments. (W. Higgin, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. |
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