2 Thessalonians 3:9

9notοὐχthatὅτιnotοὐκwe haveἔχομεν[the] rightἐξουσίαν,butἀλλ’thatἵναourselvesἑαυτοὺς[as] an exampleτύπονwe may offerδῶμενto youὑμῖνforεἰςτὸyou to imitateμιμεῖσθαιusἡμᾶς.

not that we do not have authority, but so that we might give ourselves [as] a pattern to you⁺ for you to imitate us.