| 1 Cor. 4:15–17 | I became your father in Christ Jesus . . . be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ. |
| 1 Cor. 10:32–11:1 | Give no offense . . . just as I try to please everyone in everything . . . Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. |
| Phil. 3:17 | Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. |
| Phil. 4:9 | What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things. |
| 2 Thess. 3:7–9 | You yourselves know how you ought to imitate us . . . but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. |
| 2 Tim. 3:10–11 | You . . . have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings. |