1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

17That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.

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Cross References

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

Philippians 4:9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

1 Peter 5:3not lording it over those entrusted to you, 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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