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How ye ought to imitate us (pōs dei mimeisthai hēmas). Literally, how it is necessary to imitate us. The infinitive mimeisthai is the old verb mimeomai from mimos (actor, mimic), but in N.T. only here (and 2Th 3:9), Heb 13:7; 3Jo 1:11. It is a daring thing to say, but Paul knew that he had to set the new Christians in the midst of Jews and Gentiles a model for their imitation (Phi 3:17).
For we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you (hoti ouk ētaktēsamen en humin). First aorist active indicative of old verb atakteō, to be out of ranks of soldiers. Specific denial on Paul’s part in contrast to 2Th 3:6, 2Th 3:17.