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Philippians 3:15-16 KJV
Philippians · chapter 3 · verses 15–16
15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.Philippians 3:15-16 · King James Version
Philippians 3:15-16 in context
13Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
14I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
15Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.
16Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
18(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
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Key words (Strong's)
- Neverthelessplēnmoreover, besides, but, nevertheless, besides, except, butG4133 →
- otherwiseheterōsotherwise, differentlyG2088 →
- attainedphthanōto come before, precede, anticipate, to come to, arrive at, to reach, attain toG5348 →
- perfectteleiosbrought to its end, finished, wanting nothing necessary to completeness, perfect, that…G5046 →
- wheretoeisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- wheretohoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- mindedphroneōto have understanding, be wise, to feel, to think, to have an opinion of one's self…G5426 →
- revealapokalyptōto uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up, disclose, make bare, to make…G601 →
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The apostle, having proposed himself as an example, urges the Philippians to follow it. Let the same mind be in us which was in blessed Paul. We see here how he was minded; let us be like-minded, and set our hearts upon Christ and heaven, as he did. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-16