I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.
And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you.
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.
It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.
And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
