ASV: not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
BBE: Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.
DBY: not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.
KJV: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
WEY: This was not because we had not a claim upon you, but it arose from a desire to set you an example--for you to imitate us.
WBS: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves a pattern to you to follow us.
WEB: not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
YLT: not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;
