6 You also became (A)imitators of us and of the Lord, (B)having received (C)the word in much tribulation with the (D)joy of the Holy Spirit,
9 not because we do not have (A)the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves (B)as a model for you, so that you would [a]follow our example.
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