Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
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- WEB Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
- KJV Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
- NKJV Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
- NASB Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith.
- NLT Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.
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Believers should remember their leaders who taught God's word and imitate their faith by considering how their lives turned out. Faithful examples are meant to be followed.
Overview
These leaders had preached the gospel to the readers and lived consistently with it, likely even to a faithful death. The readers are to reflect on the outcome of their godly conduct and imitate the faith that shaped it. Such imitation points beyond the leaders to Christ, the supreme object and example of faith.
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- 1 Th 5:12–13But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.
- Heb 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
- Phil 3:17Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.
- Heb 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
- 1 Th 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
- Acts 14:23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
- Matt 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
- 1 Tim 3:5For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
- 1 Th 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
- Rom 10:17Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
- Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Song 1:8If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
- 1 Cor 4:16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
- Heb 13:24Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
- Rev 20:4Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
- Rev 6:9And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
- Luke 12:42And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
- Rev 1:9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.
- Luke 8:11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
- 1 Cor 11:1You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
- 2 Th 3:9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
- 1 Cor 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
- Acts 7:55–60But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- 2 Th 3:7For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,
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