I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
- BSB Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
- ESV I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
- NKJV Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
- NASB Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.
- NLT So I urge you to imitate me.
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- 1 Cor 11:1Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- Phil 3:17Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example.
- 2 Th 3:9not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
- 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,
- Heb 13:7Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
- Phil 4:9The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
- John 10:4–5Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
- 1 Pet 5:3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
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