It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his teacher; and for the servant, that he be as his master. If they call the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household?

The disciple is not above his teacher; but every accomplished disciple shall be as his teacher.

But you shall not be so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and him that is chief, as he that serves.

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they demanded.

But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned?

But Isaiah cries concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

I think, then, that this is good for the present affliction that it is good for a man to be as he is.

Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not;

and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not:

Yet I pray to God that you may do no evil; not that we may appear as having proof, but that you may do what is good, though we be as without proof.

Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; because I was as you are. You have injured me in nothing.

but, without your consent, I was not willing to do any thing, that your good deed might not be as a matter of necessity, but one of free-will.

Of his own will, he begot us with the word of truth, in order that we might be, as it were, the first-fruits of his creatures.