1 Corinthians 4:16

I exhort you, therefore, be imitators of me.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you have not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

17For this reason have I sent to you Timothy, who is my son, beloved and faithful in the Lord, that he may remind you of my ways that are in Christ, as I teach everywhere, in every church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

Philippians 4:9Do those things which you have learned and received, and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9this we did, not because we have not authority, but that we might give ourselves to you as an example, in order that you might imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3neither as being lords over God’s possessions, but being examples to 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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