Passage

Notice the examples

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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¹⁷Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.

Philippians 3:17World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The writer asks his readers to imitate him together and to observe others who follow the same example.

To understand

Verse 16 speaks of walking according to what has already been attained. Verse 18 turns to other ways of walking that the writer describes with tears as hostile to the cross of Christ.

A question

What must the readers observe to distinguish the examples the writer recommends from those he warns about?