Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

从前引导你们、传神之道给你们的人，你们要想念他们，效法他们的信心，留心看他们为人的结局。

从前引导你们、传上帝的道给你们的人，你们要记念他们，效法他们的信心，回顾他们为人的结局。

从前引导你们、传神的道给你们的人，你们要记念他们，效法他们的信心，回顾他们为人的结局。

你们要记住从前带领你们、把上帝的道传给你们的人，留心观察他们一生如何行事为人，效法他们的信心。

你们要记念那些领导过你们，把神的道传给你们的人；你们要观察他们一生的成果，要效法他们的信心。

你们当记住那些带领你们、把神的话语传给你们的人；要仔细观察他们行事为人的结果，效法他们的信仰。

從前引導你們、傳神之道給你們的人，你們要想念他們，效法他們的信心，留心看他們為人的結局。

從前引導你們、傳上帝的道給你們的人，你們要記念他們，效法他們的信心，回顧他們為人的結局。

從前引導你們、傳神的道給你們的人，你們要記念他們，效法他們的信心，回顧他們為人的結局。

你們要記住從前帶領你們、把上帝的道傳給你們的人，留心觀察他們一生如何行事為人，效法他們的信心。

你們要記念那些領導過你們，把神的道傳給你們的人；你們要觀察他們一生的成果，要效法他們的信心。

做過你們領袖的、將上帝之道對你們宣講的人、你們要懷念；他們行事為人的結局、你們要留心回看，效法他們的信德。

你們當記住那些帶領你們、把神的話語傳給你們的人；要仔細觀察他們行事為人的結果，效法他們的信仰。

導爾而宣上帝道於爾者、宜念之、揆其生平之果效、而法其信、

啟迪爾者、傳爾上帝道、爾當念之、思其所行之功效、而從其信主、

導爾之師、傳天主道於爾者、爾當念之、觀其所行之功效、而法其信、

對於前輩神師、曾授爾以天主之道者、應念念不忘、追思其生平行誼而踵效其信德。

Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

Remember your leaders. They spoke God’s word to you. Think about the results of their way of life. Copy their faith.

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.

Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith.

Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.

Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of[ their] conversation.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed.

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

“ Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time?

If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds.

And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God’s message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God’s message, which is at work among you who believe.

Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously.

The Lord replied,“ Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time?

It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it.

“ Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you,

Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,“ It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.“ Look!” he said.“ I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.