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

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

Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.

( If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.

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

If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.

And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

Greet all your leaders and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy send you their greetings.

When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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

We did this, not because we do not have the right to such help, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you to imitate.

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

“ This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly:“ We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.“ Look,” he said,“ I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him,dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed,“ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”Then he fell on his knees and cried out,“ Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.