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Christ, character of » Longsuffering
Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.
Example » Paul, our
"In all things I have set you an example, how that so toiling, you ought to help the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
Hold fast the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.
Brothers, be comrades in imitating me, and study those whose life and walk is according to the pattern I have set you.
I beg you then to imitate my example.
Be imitators of me, as I am an imitator of Christ.
Put in practise also what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me; and the God of peace shall be with you.
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that. But to the unmarried, and the widows, I say that it is well for them to remain as I am.
For you know well how you must imitate me. For I did not lead an idle or disorderly life among you; I did not eat my food as a gift from any man, but in toil and travail, night and day, I worked, so that I might not be a burden to any of you. Not that I have no right to such support; it was simply to give you an example for you to imitate. read more.
For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."
For indeed when I was with you, I used to charge you, "If any man will not work, he shall not eat."
Longsuffering Of God » Exemplified » Paul
Yet for this very cause I obtained mercy, so that in me, the chief of sinners, Jesus Christ might display all his boundless patience as an illustration for those who should later believe in him, and so gain life eternal.