Other translations
American Standard Version
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Darby Bible Translation
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children,
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Be ye therefore followers of God, as most dear children;
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children;
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
God's Word
Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
International Standard Version
So be imitators of God, as his dear children.
NET Bible
Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children
New American Standard Bible
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
New International Version
Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children
New Living Translation
Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children.
Webster's Bible Translation
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Weymouth New Testament
Therefore be imitators of God, as His dear children.
The World English Bible
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
EasyEnglish Bible
You are God's children and he loves you very much. So you must try to be like him.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,
New Life Version
Do as God would do. Much-loved children want to do as their fathers do.
Revised Geneva Translation
Therefore, be imitators of God, as beloved children.
The Voice Bible
So imitate God. Follow Him like adored children,
Living Bible
Follow God’s example in everything you do just as a much loved child imitates his father.
New Catholic Bible
Hence, be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Jubilee Bible 2000
Be ye therefore imitators of God, as dear children
Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children,
Amplified Bible © 1954
Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].
New Century Version
You are God’s children whom he loves, so try to be like him.
The Message
Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Therefore, be imitators of God as his dearly loved children.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament
Therefore be imitators of God as his dear children,
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
New Matthew Bible
Be followers of God as dear children,
Good News Translation®
Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.
Wycliffe Bible
Therefore be ye followers of God, as most dear-worthy sons;
New Testament for Everyone
So you should be imitators of God, like dear children.
Contemporary English Version
Do as God does. After all, you are his dear children.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
J.B. Phillips New Testament
As children copy their fathers you, as God’s children, are to copy him. Live your lives in love—the same sort of love which Christ gives us and which he perfectly expressed when he gave himself up for us in sacrifice to God.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Common English Bible © 2011
Therefore, imitate God like dearly loved children.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];
English Standard Version Anglicised
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
So be imitators of God, as beloved children,
New American Standard Bible
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children;
The Expanded Bible
You are God’s children whom he loves, so ·try to be like [imitate] him.
Tree of Life Version
Therefore be imitators of God, as dearly loved children;
Revised Standard Version
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
New International Reader's Version
You are the children that God dearly loves. So follow his example.
BRG Bible
Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
Complete Jewish Bible
So imitate God, as his dear children;
Worldwide English (New Testament)
So try to be like God, because you are his own dear children.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children,
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Therefore, be imitators of Hashem as beloved yeladim,
Names of God Bible
Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.
Modern English Version
Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.
Easy-to-Read Version
You are God’s dear children, so try to be like him.
International Children’s Bible
You are God’s children whom he loves. So try to be like God.
Lexham English Bible
Therefore become imitators of God, as beloved children,
New International Version - UK
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
Disciples Literal New Testament
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.