Follow my example, like I follow the example of Christ.
So I beg you to please be like me.
Brothers and sisters, all of you should try to live like me. And copy those people who live the way we showed you.
And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with joy. The Holy Spirit gave you that joy.
We had the right \{to ask you to help us\}. But \{we worked to take care of ourselves\} so that we would be an example for you to follow.
You have had enough time that by now you should be teachers. But you need some person to teach you again the first lessons of God’s teaching. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food.