Brothers and sisters, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.
— Philippians 3:17 NASB
Paul did not feel as though any church or work belonged to him. He saw himself as exercising just one part in the Lord’s ministry. This is why he told the Philippians to imitate any who walked in the same principle that he walked. Paul realized that the Lord had one work of ministry and that although he was carrying a portion in that work, he was not that work in its entirety.
Excerpted from Philippians: That I May Gain Christ by Titus Chu, p. 226