Reference: Example
Easton
of Christ (1Pe 2:21; Joh 13:15); of pastors to their flocks (Php 3:17; 2Th 3:9; 1Ti 4:12; 1Pe 5:3); of the Jews as a warning (Heb 4:11); of the prophets as suffering affliction (Jas 5:10).
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For I have set an example for you, so that you should do as I have done for you.
Brothers, you people should join together in imitating me, and take note of those who are following my example.
So, we should do our best to enter into that state of rest, so that no one fails [to do so] by following the same example of disobedience [i.e., as seen in the Israelites. See verses 2, 6].
Brothers, take the [Old Testament] prophets, who spoke in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord, as your examples of suffering and patience.
[After all], this is what you were called to do, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you would follow in His steps.