When Paul exhorted others to become imitators of him, he could do so with freeness of speech because he himself was imitating Jesus Christ, who ‘ left us a model for us to follow his steps closely. ’
پولس با وجدانی آسوده همگان را ترغیب می‌کرد که به او اقتدا کنند ،‏ زیرا او نیز به عیسی مسیح که ‹ نمونه‌ای گذاشت تا در اثر قدمهای وی رفتار نماییم › اقتدا می‌کرد .‏