For you yourselves know how you should imitate us: We were not idle among you;

你们自己原知道应当怎样效法我们。因为我们在你们中间，未尝不按规矩而行，

你们自己知道该怎样效法我们。因为我们在你们当中从未懒散过，

你们自己知道该怎样效法我们。因为我们在你们当中从未懒散过，

你们自己知道应该怎样效法我们，因为我们在你们那里的时候，并没有懒懒散散，

你们自己本来就知道应当怎样效法我们，因为我们在你们中间并没有游手好闲，

其实你们自己知道应该怎样效法我们，因为我们在你们那里的时候并没有懒散，

你們自己原知道應當怎樣效法我們。因為我們在你們中間，未嘗不按規矩而行，

你們自己知道該怎樣效法我們。因為我們在你們當中從未懶散過，

你們自己知道該怎樣效法我們。因為我們在你們當中從未懶散過，

你們自己知道應該怎樣效法我們，因為我們在你們那裡的時候，並沒有懶懶散散，

你們自己本來就知道應當怎樣效法我們，因為我們在你們中間並沒有游手好閒，

你們自己原知道該怎樣效法我們；因為我們在你們中間並沒有游手好閒，

其實你們自己知道應該怎樣效法我們，因為我們在你們那裡的時候並沒有懶散，

爾自知當如何效我、蓋我未嘗妄行於爾中、

我素行、乃爾所知、當是則是效、我在爾中、未嘗無度、

爾曹自知當如何效我、蓋我儕於爾中、未嘗妄為、

蓋爾等固知應如何以吾儕為法也。吾儕昔在爾中、日用之間、未嘗不規行矩步、

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

You know how you should follow our example. We worked when we were with you.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,

For you know that you ought to imitate us. We were not idle when we were with you.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined way among you,

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow us, for we were not disorderly among you;

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

For you yourselves know how you must imitate us: We were not irresponsible among you;

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

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

For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,

Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister who is idle and does not live according to the tradition received from us.

It is not that we don’t have the right to support, but we did it to make ourselves an example to you so that you would imitate us.

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

Imitate me, as I also imitate Christ.

Join in imitating me, brothers and sisters, and pay careful attention to those who live according to the example you have in us.

in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.

You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.As a result, you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

Don’t let anyone despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.

Do what you have learned and received and heard from me, and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.