Thematic Bible: Imitation


Thematic Bible





not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves [as] an example to you, so that [you] may imitate us. Verse ConceptsImitatingMinisters, Should BeImitating Good PeopleExample Of Believers





{take care} so that you are not ensnared {into imitating them} after their being destroyed from {before you}, and so that you not enquire concerning their gods, {saying}, 'How did these nations serve their gods, and [thus] {I myself} want to do also.' Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionParticipation, In SinImitatingEvil AssociationsNot Imitating EvilAsking Particular QuestionsEvil TrappingDo Not Have Other gods

However, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel and they said, "No, but there must be a king over us, so that we {also} may be like all the nations, and our king may rule us and go out before us and fight our battles."

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses. Therefore do and observe everything that they tell you, but do not do as {they do}, for they tell [others to do something] and do not do [it themselves].

They rejected his statutes, his covenant which he {made} with their ancestors, and his warnings which he gave to them; and they went after the idols, became vain, and [went] after all the nations which [were] all around them, which Yahweh had commanded them not to do as they [did]. Verse ConceptsFutilityFalse ReligionConformityPrayerlessnessRejection Of GodImitating Wicked PeopleForsaking God's ThingsUseless EndeavourBreaking The Covenant

You will not {follow} a majority for evil, and you will not testify concerning a legal dispute to turn aside after a majority to pervert [justice]. Verse ConceptsCrowdsMultitudesConformityInjustice, Nature And Source OfLove, Abuse OfProof, As EvidencePublic OpinionImitatingPeer PressureMinoritiesEvil AssociationsWarnings Of Evil Associations



not that we do not have the right, but so that we may give ourselves [as] an example to you, so that [you] may imitate us. Verse ConceptsImitatingMinisters, Should BeImitating Good PeopleExample Of Believers