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I will reiterate:

Jesus called his students/followers to follow HIS teachings.
Jesus stated they should follow him & his way alone.
Nowhere did he ever state for his students/followers to follow him AND another way.
Nowhere did he ever state for his students/followers to follow his teachings AND another different teaching ALSO.

Come after me and I will make you……..(Matt 4:19)
Come follow me now….. (Matt 8:22)
Come follow me….. (Matt 9:9)

I am the Good Shepherd….and there will be one flock with one shepherd. (John 10:11 & 16)

John, personally chosen by Jesus and who lived with him for 3 years and studied under him, tells us that we need no other Word than that of G-d as given through our Teacher & Shepherd, Jesus:

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth….….And you also, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. (1 John 2:20 & 27)

Yet somehow we have Paul commanding us to follow HIM and all his hellenistic philosophy, INSTEAD of following Jesus who taught Torah
Paul raises himself up to be equal too and the same as Jesus:

"Therefore I urge you to follow ME. (1 Cor. 4:16)
"Brothers, join in imitating ME, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in US." (Phil. 3:17)
Now to him who is able to establish you IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY GOSPEL, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, (1 Cor. 16:25)
"Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. (1 Cor. 4:15) "For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles." (2 Cor. 11:5)
Now I’m happy to be suffering for you. I’m completing what is missing from Christ’s sufferings with my body. I’m doing this for the sake of his body, which is the church. (Col 1:24)
"So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the teachings WE passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter." (2 Tim. 2:15)
"In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, WE command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from US." (2 Thess 3:6)
"But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me…." (Gal. 1:15-16)
"From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus." (Gal. 6:17)

I'm sorry but I put Jesus and his teachings from G-d above all others. I "imitate" and follow Jesus alone.