Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Parallel translations
- KJV Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- BSB You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
- NKJV Imitateme, just as I also imitate Christ.
- NASB Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
- NLT And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
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Cross-references · 9
- Phil 3:17Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
- 1 Th 1:6You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
- Eph 5:1–2Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
- 1 Cor 4:16I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
- Heb 6:12that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
- Phil 2:4–5each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
- 2 Th 3:9not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
- Rom 15:2–3Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
- 1 Cor 10:33even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
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