 | Geoffrey Wainwright - Music - 1984 - 626 pages
...us as examples of holy living. There is adequate scriptural basis for this in St Paul's injunction to the Corinthians: 'Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ' (1 Corinthians 11 :1). A welcome sobriety has been restored to the readings from the biographies of the... | |
 | Religion - 1984 - 208 pages
...confidence and strength are not in themselves but in Christ. So Paul could urge the Corinthians to "be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1). That theme is reflected in the ordination services of many denominations, as it is in the one for the... | |
 | Robert J. Wicks, Richard D. Parsons - Psychology - 1993 - 756 pages
...has been given. Paul thus understands himself to be mediating a gift. Elsewhere, Paul exhorts us to "be imitators of me, as I am of Christ." (1 Cor 11:1), to follow his model, as he imitates Christ. As imitators of Paul, we are called to receive and deliver... | |
 | Richard Kieckhefer, George D. Bond - Religion - 1990 - 282 pages
...saintliness. What the saints show are new ways of imitating Christ; together with Paul, they say in effect, "Be imitators of me as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1). 22 Building upon Rahner's essay and on Pius XII's encyclical Mystici corpora Christi of 1943, Paul... | |
 | Raniero Cantalamessa - 1992 - 222 pages
...teacher, or model, or exemplary figure, of the Church. With Paul, and more than Paul, she can truly say, "Be imitators of me as I am of Christ" (1 Cor 11:1). In fact, she is our model and teacher simply because she is the perfect disciple and imitator of Christ.... | |
 | George Eldon Ladd - Religion - 1993 - 784 pages
...emphasis appears to rest on the fact that they received it "in much affliction." The same idea appears in Corinthians: "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1). The context of this imitatio Christi is sacrificial service. Paul did not pursue his own personal ends... | |
 | Wayne A. Meeks - Religion - 1993 - 294 pages
...In his own letters, Paul had of course already presented himself as an example, with words such as "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1; compare 4: 16 and 1 Thess. 1:6). Personal examples were a regular feature of paraenetic speech. The... | |
 | William L. Portier - Religion - 1994 - 394 pages
...a hope for resurrection beyond death. Paul urged his fellow Christians to imitate him (Phil 3:17). "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor 11:1). The parental metaphors he uses suggest that he expected this putting on of Christ to be a long process... | |
 | Chris R. Schlauch - Religion - 214 pages
...been given. Paul thus understands himself to be mediating a gift. Elsewhere, Paul exhorts readers, "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1), to follow his model, as he imitates Christ. As imitators of Paul, we are to receive and deliver the... | |
 | Everett Ferguson - Religion - 1996 - 468 pages
..."And live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us" (Eph. 5:2). Paul, furthermore, said, "Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ" (1 Cor. 11:1). He appealed to Christians to have the mind of the Christ who went to the cross as the warrant for the... | |
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