For yourselves know how you ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; Treasury of Scripture how. 2 Thessalonians 3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 1 Corinthians 4:16 Why I beseech you, be you followers of me. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. Philippians 3:17 Brothers, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as you have us for an ensample. Philippians 4:9 Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. 1 Thessalonians 1:6,7 And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost... 1 Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise your youth; but be you an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith... Titus 2:7 In all things showing yourself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing soundness, gravity, sincerity, 1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. for. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ... 1 Thessalonians 2:10 You are witnesses, and God also, how piously and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
Context Warning Against Idleness
6Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. 7For yourselves know how you ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: 9Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. 10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. 13But you, brothers, be not weary in well doing. 14And if any man obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For yourselves know how you ought to imitate us: for we were not disorderly among you;
Darby Bible Translation
For ye know yourselves how ye ought to imitate us, because we have not walked disorderly among you;
King James Bible
For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
Young's Literal Translation
for yourselves have known how it behoveth you to imitate us, because we did not act disorderly among you;
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