Thematic Bible: Example

Therefore, Christian Brothers, you who, all alike, have received the Call from Heaven, fix your attention on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our Religion. Verse Concepts

Now, I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ--I who, "in your presence, am humble in my bearing towards you, but, when absent, am bold in my language to you"-- Verse Concepts

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly-minded, and 'you shall find rest for your souls'; Verse Concepts

Then Jesus said to his disciples: "If any man wishes to walk in my steps, let him renounce self, and take up his cross, and follow me. Verse Concepts

For I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you. Verse Concepts

And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ, Verse Concepts

Let the spirit of Christ Jesus be yours also. Verse Concepts

Bearing with one another, and, when there is any ground for complaint, forgiving one another freely. As the Master freely forgave you, so you must forgive one another. Verse Concepts

our eyes fixed upon Jesus, the Leader and perfect Example of our faith, who, for the joy that lay before him, endured the cross, heedless of its shame, and now 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God. Verse Concepts

For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps. Verse Concepts

For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered, Verse Concepts

I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself-- 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Verse Concepts

Keep before you, as an example of sound teaching, all that you learnt from me as you listened with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

Brothers, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you. Verse Concepts

Therefore I entreat you-Follow my example. Verse Concepts

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another. Verse Concepts

Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ. Verse Concepts

All that you learned and received and heard and saw in me put into practice continually; and then God, the giver of peace, will be with you. Verse Concepts

Do you, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness; Verse Concepts

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Take care that no one fails to use the loving help of God, 'that no bitterness is allowed to take root and spring up, and cause trouble,' and so poison the whole community. Verse Concepts

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Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter upon that Rest, so that none of us fall through such disbelief as that of which we have had an example. Verse Concepts

now that I have been reminded of the sincere faith that you have shown. That faith was seen first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and is now, I am convinced, in you also. Verse Concepts

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Do not forget your Leaders, the men who told you God's Message. Recall the close of their lives, and imitate their faith. Verse Concepts

Do not let any one look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the Faith. Verse Concepts

not as lords of your charges, but as examples to your flock. Verse Concepts

Above all, set an example of doing good. Show sincerity in your teaching, and a serious spirit; let the instruction that you give be sound and above reproach, so that the enemy may be ashamed when he fails to find anything bad to say about us.

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And you yourselves began to follow, not only our example, but the Master's also; and, in spite of much suffering, you welcomed the Message with a joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, And so became a pattern to all who believed in Christ throughout Macedonia and Greece. For it was from you that the Lord's Message resounded throughout Macedonia and Greece; and, more than that, your faith in God has become known far and wide; so that there is no need for us to say another word.

Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. We count those who displayed such endurance blessed! You have heard, too, of Job's endurance, and have seen what the Lord's purpose was, for 'the Lord is full of pity and compassion.'

Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul. Let your daily life among the Gentiles be so upright, that, whenever they malign you as evil-doers, they may learn, as they watch, from the uprightness of your conduct, to praise God 'at the time when he shall visit them.' Submit to all human institutions for the Lord's sake, alike to the emperor as the supreme authority, read more.
and to governors as the men sent by him to punish evil-doers and to commend those who do right. For God's will is this--that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right. Act as free men, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God. Show honour to every one, Love the Brotherhood, 'revere God, honour the emperor.' Those of you who are domestic servants should always be submissive and respectful to their masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are arbitrary. For this wins God's approval when, because conscious of God's presence, a man who is suffering unjustly bears his troubles patiently. What credit can you claim when, after doing wrong, you take your punishment for it patiently? But, on the other hand, if, after doing right, you take your sufferings patiently, that does win the approval of God. For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He 'never sinned, nor was anything deceitful ever heard from his lips.' He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just. And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.' Once you were straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

It was by this that the holy women of old, who rested their hopes on God, adorned themselves; submitting to their husbands, as Sarah did, who obeyed Abraham, and called him master. And you are her true children, as long as you live good lives, and let nothing terrify you.

Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain's, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks. Verse Concepts

Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Verse Concepts

For I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you. Verse Concepts

For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered--on your behalf--and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps. Verse Concepts

This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy. Verse Concepts

Do not let any one look down on you because you are young, but, by your conversation, your conduct, your love, your faith, and your purity, be an example to those who hold the Faith. Verse Concepts

Above all, set an example of doing good. Show sincerity in your teaching, and a serious spirit; Verse Concepts

I left nothing undone to show you that, laboring as I labored, you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said himself-- 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" Verse Concepts

Keep before you, as an example of sound teaching, all that you learnt from me as you listened with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

Yet mercy was shown me for the express purpose that Christ Jesus might exhibit in my case, beyond all others, his exhaustless patience, as an example for those who were afterwards to believe on him and attain Immortal Life. Verse Concepts

Brothers, unite in following my example, and fix your eyes on those who are living by the pattern which we have set you. Verse Concepts

Therefore I entreat you-Follow my example. Verse Concepts

Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ. Verse Concepts

All that you learned and received and heard and saw in me put into practice continually; and then God, the giver of peace, will be with you. Verse Concepts

I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another. My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be well for them to remain as I am myself.

For you know well that you ought to follow our example. When we were with you, our life was not ill-ordered, Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you. This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy. read more.
Indeed, when we were with you, what we urged upon you was-- 'If a man does not choose to work, then he shall not eat.'

You, then, must become perfect--as your heavenly Father is perfect. Verse Concepts

And masters, treat your slaves in the same spirit. Give up threatening them; for you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in Heaven, and that before him there is no distinction of rank. Verse Concepts

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Learn to be merciful--even as your Father is merciful. Verse Concepts

With these words he took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving to God before them all, broke it in pieces, and began to eat; And the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.

Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted. Verse Concepts