1 Corinthians 4:16

So my desire is that you take me as your example.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

17For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1So take me for your example, even as I take Christ for mine.

Philippians 4:9The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

1 Peter 5:3Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves 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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