John Calvin Commentary Philippians 3:17

"Brethren, be ye imitators together of me, and mark them that so walk even as ye have us for an ensample." — Philippians 3:17 (ASV)

Mark them. By this expression, he means that it makes no difference to him which persons they single out for themselves to imitate, provided they conform themselves to that purity of which he was a pattern. By this means, all suspicion of ambition is taken away, for the man who is devoted to his own interests wishes to have no rival. At the same time, he warns them that all are not to be imitated indiscriminately, as he afterwards explains more fully.