mimetes identifies people called to pattern themselves after a named person, group, or God.

The attested use identifies people who are called to pattern themselves after a specified model: the speaker, Christ, God, churches enduring suffering, or those inheriting promises through faith and patience.

1. People following a named example · dominant

   Across all six verses, the nominative plural masculine form identifies those urged or described as becoming imitators of a stated model. In 1 Corinthians 4:16 and 1 Corinthians 11:1, the APB renders an appeal to “become imitators” of the speaker, with Christ named as the speaker's model in the latter verse; in 1 Thessalonians 2:14, the same designation is linked to suffering like the churches in Judea. Ephesians 5:1 applies it to God, while Hebrews 6:12 contrasts it with being sluggish and points to those who inherit promises through faith and patience.

   1 Corinthians 11:11 Corinthians 4:161 Thessalonians 1:61 Thessalonians 2:14Ephesians 5:1Hebrews 6:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term with “imitators” or “become imitators” in these verses. Those renderings confirm the clause-level presentation rather than isolate every contribution of the term.