For I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly-minded, and 'you shall find rest for your souls';
And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,
And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'
For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
not as lords of your charges, but as examples to your flock.
He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.