So I beg you to please be like me.
Follow my example, like I follow the example of Christ.
Brothers and sisters, all of you should try to live like me. And copy those people who live the way we showed you.
And do the things that you learned and received from me. Do the things I told you and the things you saw me do. And the God who gives peace will be with 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.
Remember your leaders. They taught God’s message to you. Remember how they lived and died, and copy their faith.
Don’t be like a ruler over those people you are responsible for. But be good examples to those people.
