28 Bible Verses about Imitating

Dearly beloved, do not follow bad examples but good ones. Whoever practices doing right is God's child; whoever practices doing wrong has never seen God.

Indeed, it was to this kind of living that you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example that you might follow His footsteps.

So you must keep on following God's example, as dearly loved children of His,

Follow my example, brothers, and keep your eyes on those who practice living by the pattern we have set you.

for the Scripture says: "You ought to be holy, because I am holy."

Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.

Then He called the people to Him along with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say, 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me.

Then He said to them all, "If anyone chooses to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put the cross on his shoulders daily, and continue to follow me.

For I have set you an example, in order that you too may practice what I have done to you.

Put on my yoke, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls,

I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another.

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and put a stop to gratifying the evil desires that lurk in your lower nature.

You must follow my example, just as I myself am following Christ's.

So I beg you, make it your habit to follow my example,

Practice the things you learned, received, and heard from me, things that you saw me do, and then the God who gives us peace will be with you.

Not that I have no right to be supported, but to make myself an example for you to follow.

You know yourselves how you ought to follow my example; for I was not a shirker when I was with you;

And you followed the example set by us and by the Lord, because you welcomed our message with a joy inspired by the Holy Spirit, in spite of the painful persecutions it brought you,

so that you may not grow careless, but may follow the example of those who through their faith and patient endurance are now possessors of the blessings promised.

For you, brothers, followed the example of God's churches in Judea that are in union with Christ Jesus, for you too have suffered the same sort of ill-treatment at the hands of your fellow-countrymen as they did at the hands of the Jews,