1 Corinthians 4:16

I beseech you therefore, be followers of me[4:16].

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.

17For this cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

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Cross References

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

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

2 Thessalonians 3:9not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example to you, that ye should follow us.

1 Peter 5:3neither as being lords over the heritage, 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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