Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will b
Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.
For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example 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 fait
Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite o
Take note of anyone who does not obey the instructions we have given in this letter. Do not associate with him, so that
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching yo
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.