1 Corinthians 4:16

I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.

17For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in [the] Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways [as] they [are] in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be my imitators, even as *I* also [am] of Christ.

Philippians 4:9What ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these things do; and the God of peace shall be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9not that we have not the right, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you, in order to your imitating us.

1 Peter 5:3not as lording it over your possessions, but being models for 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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