Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.
Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.
Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
