Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.

Christian Order

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Be Imitators of God

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word during great affliction with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews,

so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.