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).
for I have given you an example, that you also should do what I have done to you.
Brothers, be comrades in imitating me, and study those whose life and walk is according to the pattern I have set you.
Take, my brothers, for an example the suffering and the patience of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
For this is your calling; because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in his footsteps;