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Chapter 11

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.(A)

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17 Join with others in being imitators of me,[a] brothers, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:17 Being imitators of me: not arrogance, but humble simplicity, since all his converts know that Paul is wholly dedicated to imitating Christ (1 Cor 11:1; cf. also Phil 4:9; 1 Thes 1:6; 2 Thes 3:7, 9; 1 Cor 4:6).

Keep on doing what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me.(A) Then the God of peace will be with you.[a]

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  1. 4:9 Cf. note on Phil 3:17.

And you became imitators[a] of us and of the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the holy Spirit,

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  1. 1:6 Imitators: the Pauline theme of “imitation” (see 1 Thes 2:14; 1 Cor 4:16; 11:1; 2 Thes 3:9) is rooted in Paul’s view of solidarity in Christ through sharing in Jesus’ cross and in the Spirit of the risen Lord.

For you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you,

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Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us.(A)

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