Verse 17

Join together in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and keep your eyes on those who live as we do, as they are an example for you.

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  • Phil 4:9 : 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
  • 1 Cor 4:16 : 16 Therefore, I urge you to imitate me.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • 1 Cor 10:32-11:1 : 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God. 33 Just as I also try to please everyone in all things, not seeking my own benefit but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. 1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
  • Ps 37:37 : 37 Observe the blameless and consider the upright, for there is a future for the person of peace.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
  • 1 Thess 1:6 : 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, receiving the message in much affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Thess 2:10-14 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves among you who believe. 11 Just as you know how we dealt with each one of you like a father with his own children, 12 encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. 13 For this reason, we also thank God constantly, because when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a message from men but as what it truly is—the word of God, which is at work in you who believe. 14 For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews.
  • 2 Thess 3:7 : 7 For you yourselves know how you should imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you.
  • 2 Thess 3:9 : 9 It was not that we lack the right to receive support, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
  • 2 Thess 3:14 : 14 If anyone does not obey our instructions in this letter, take note of that person and do not associate with them, so that they may be ashamed.
  • 1 Tim 4:12 : 12 Let no one despise you for your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.
  • Heb 13:7 : 7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.