8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Church
• Love
• Obedience and Disobedience

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 11:1 — Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
• 1John 2:8 — Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
• 1John 3:1 — Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
• 1John 3:10 — In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
• 1John 4:11 — Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
• 1Pet 1:15 — But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
• 1Pet 1:15 — But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
• 1Pet 3:13 — And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
• 1Sam 20:14 — And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
• 1Thess 1:6 — And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
• 1Thess 4:9 — But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
• 2Tim 2:19 — Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• 3John 1:11 — Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
• Col 2:6 — As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
• Col 3:12 — Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
• Col 3:15 — And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
• Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
• Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
• Gal 3:26 — For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
• Hos 1:10 — Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my
• Jer 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
• John 1:12 — But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
• John 10:4 — And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
• John 12:26 — If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
• Lev 11:45 — For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
• Luke 6:35 — But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the ev
• Luke 6:36 — Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
• Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
• Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Matt 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Matt 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
• Matt 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
• Phil 2:15 — That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
• Prov 3:3 — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
• Prov 16:32 — He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
• Ps 68:5 — A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
• Ps 85:13 — Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.