For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
- BSB I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you.
- NKJV For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
- NASB For I gave you an example, so that you also would do just as I did for you.
- NLT I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.
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- Matt 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
- 1 Jn 2:6he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
- 1 Pet 3:17–18For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
- 1 Pet 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
- Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Rom 15:5Now the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,
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