1 Corinthians 4:16

I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.

17Because of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Become ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Philippians 4:9And what ye learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not because we have no right, but that we might give ourselves an example to you, in order to imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3nor as domineering over the lots, but becoming examples of the flock.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:15-17

Paul's Tenderness and Affection. ( a. d. 57.) 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Here Paul challenges their regard to him as their father. He tells them, 1. That what he had written was not for their reproach, but admonition; not with the gall of an enemy, but the bowels of a… Read the whole commentary →

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