7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
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Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-15)The apostle having commended their obedience for the time past, and mentioned his confidence in their obedience for the time to come, proceeds to give them commands and directions to some who were faulty, correcting some things that were amiss among them. Observe, The best society of Christians may have some faulty persons among them, and some things that ought to be reformed. Perfection is not to…
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