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( äåῖãìá , Jud_1:7), especially CHRIST'S ( ὑðüãñáììá , 1Pe_2:21) for the imitation of his followers ( ὑðüäåéãìá , Joh_13:15; elsewhere in other relations, Heb_4:11; Heb_8:5; Heb_9:23; Jam_5:10; 2Pe_2:6), and subordinately pastors for their flack ( ôὐðïò , Php_3:17; 2Th_3:9; 1Ti_4:12; 1Pe_5:3, etc.). See Flatt, Das Beispiel Jesu (in the Magaz. fur chr. Doymat. 1:179 sq.); Keil, De Exemplo Christi (Lips. 1792; Opusc. 1:100- 135); Oeder, De Christi imitatione (in his Obss. sacr. 1:33-56); Schmid, De perverso Christi imitatione (Lips. 1710);, Stober, De exemplorum imitatione (Argent. 1771-6); Wolf, De exemplis caute adhibendis (Lips. 1785-6); Kempis, Imitaio of Christ (often published).