1 Corinthians 4:16

So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!

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In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15Even though you may have thousands of Christian instructors, you don't have many fathers—it was in Christ Jesus that I became your father when I shared the good news with you.

17That's why I sent Timothy to you, my trustworthy son in the Lord whom I love so much. He will remind you about the way I follow Christ, just as I always teach in every church I visit.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1You should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

Philippians 4:9Put into practice what you learned and received from me, what you saw me doing and heard me say. Then the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not that we don't have the right to do so—but we wanted to be an example to you, so that you could copy what we did.

1 Peter 5:3Don't be arrogant, lording it over those who have been put in your care, but be an example 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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