Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThis is the very calling you were given — for Christ Himself suffered on your behalf, leaving you a perfect pattern to trace, that you might follow in His exact footprints:
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor to this you were called — because Mashiach also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an under-tracing to follow, that you should walk in His very footprints:
KJV
King James VersionFor even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:
Footnotes
ὑπογραμμός (hypogrammos) is a rare word drawn from Greek education: faint letters inscribed beneath blank space which students would trace over to learn handwriting — a copy-text or "under-tracing." The image is not merely an "example" to admire from a distance but a template to be precisely followed stroke by stroke. FOG renders "under-tracing"; FOG Message "perfect pattern to trace," both preserving the schoolroom concreteness. ἴχνεσιν (ichnesin) = "tracks/footprints" — the image is of placing one's feet exactly where another has already stepped.