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Philippians 3:16

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Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
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  1. Colossians 2:6Rank 1 from verse 16
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    6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:

  2. Revelation 3:3Rank 2 from verse 16
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    3Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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    4Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

    5Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

  4. Galatians 6:16Rank 4 from verse 16
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    16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

  5. Hebrews 10:38–39Rank 5 from verse 16
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    38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

    39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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Philippians 3:16

COMBINED MEANING

attained

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Past-tense or past-participial form of attain (to reach, arrive at, or obtain by movement, effort, or progress).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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rule

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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mind

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Sense 1: The inward faculty and activity of understanding, thought, memory, attention, judgment, intention, purpose, desire, disposition, resolve, or consent; what one thinks, wills, regards, or sets attention upon. Sense 2: To mind is to attend to, regard, remember, purpose, or be disposed toward something.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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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.

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17Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

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