For you yourselvesknowhowyou oughtto follow our example,becausewe did not act in an undisciplined manneramongyou,
She sensesthat her gainis good;Her lampdoes not goout at night.
Be imitatorsof me, justas I alsoam of Christ.
ThereforeI exhortyou, be imitatorsof me.
Brethren,joinin following my example,and observethosewho walkaccordingto the patternyou havein us.
The thingsyou have learnedand receivedand heardand seenin me, practicethese things,and the Godof peacewill be with you.
You are witnesses,and [so is] God,howdevoutlyand uprightlyand blamelesslywe behavedtoward you believers;
We urgeyou, brethren,admonishthe unruly,encouragethe fainthearted,helpthe weak,be patientwith everyone.
Nowwe commandyou, brethren,in the nameof our LordJesusChrist,that you keep awayfrom everybrotherwho leadsan unrulylifeand not accordingto the traditionwhichyou receivedfrom us.
not becausewe do not havethe right[to this], but in orderto offerourselvesas a modelfor you, sothat you would follow our example.
Let no onelook downon your youthfulness,but [rather] in speech,conduct,love,faith[and] purity,showyourself an exampleof thosewho believe.
in all thingsshowyourselfto be an exampleof gooddeeds,[with] purityin doctrine,dignified,
noryet as lording it overthoseallotted to your charge,but provingto be examplesto the flock.