Sermos imitadores de Cristo
Ser imitador de Cristo é o chamado supremo do cristão. Paulo exortou: 'Sede meus imitadores, como eu sou de Cristo.' Fomos criados à imagem de Deus para refletir seu caráter.
Imitar a Cristo
Sede imitadores de Deus como filhos amados. Cristo se esvaziou e se humilhou — esse é o padrão que devemos seguir.
1 Therfor be ye foloweris of God, as moost dereworthe sones;
5 And fele ye this thing in you, which also in Crist Jhesu;6 that whanne he was in the forme of God, demyde not raueyn, that hym silf were euene to God;7 but he lowide hym silf, takinge the forme of a seruaunt, and was maad in to the licknesse of men, and in abite was foundun as a man.8 He mekide hym silf, and was maad obedient to the deth, yhe, to the deth of the cross.
1 Be ye my foleweris, as Y am of Crist.
6 and ye ben maad foleweris of vs, and of the Lord, resseyuynge the word in myche tribulacioun, with ioye of the Hooli Goost;
Criados à imagem de Deus
Deus nos criou à sua imagem e semelhança. Adorar em espírito e verdade é viver refletindo o caráter do Criador.
26 Make we man to oure ymage and liknesse, and be he souereyn to the fischis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to vnresonable beestis of erthe, and to ech creature, and to ech crepynge beest, which is moued in erthe.
24 God is a spirit, and it bihoueth hem that worschipen hym, to worschipe in spirit and treuthe.