Hebrews 13:7

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Remember them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their manner of life.

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Clement Of Rome

AD 99

For the Scripture has said, "The elders who are among you, honour; and, seeing their manner of life and conduct, imitate their faith."

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Remember your prelates who have been placed over you to be your guides and directors in what belongs to the service of God; he seems to mean the two Sts. James, the apostles, who perhaps had already suffered martyrdom for the gospel. (Witham)

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John Chrysostom

AD 407

3. Remember them which have the rule over you. This he was laboring to say above: therefore Follow peace with all men. Hebrews 12:14 He gave this exhortation also to the Thessalonians, to hold them in honor exceedingly. 1 Thessalonians 5:13 Remember (he says) them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. What kind of following is this? Truly the best: for he says, beholding their life, follow their faith. For from a pure life [comes] faith. Or else by faith, he means steadfastness. How so? Because they believe in the things to come. For they would not have shown forth a pure life, if they had questioned about the things to come, if they had doubted. So that here also he is applying a remedy to the same [evil].

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The Didache

AD 100

My child, him that speaketh to thee the word of God remember night and day; and thou shalt honour him as the Lord;

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