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Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
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For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.
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Old Testament Examples
Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
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Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
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Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
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Our Citizenship in Heaven
Brethren, join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as you have us for a pattern.
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Their Good Example
We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,
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so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe.
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not because we do not have authority, but to make ourselves an example of how you should follow us.
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Take Heed to Your Ministry
Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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The Word Discovers Our Condition
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.
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My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.
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For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
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Christ’s Example to Be Followed
Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,
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nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock;
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and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly;
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as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
