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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I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you.
Join together in imitating me, brothers, and pay close attention to those who live by the example we have set for you.
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
This is, in fact, what you were called to do, because: The Messiah also suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his steps.