1 Corinthians 4:16

So I urge you to be imitators of me.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

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

17That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach them everywhere and in every church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be imitators of me, just as I am an imitator of Christ.

Philippians 4:9The things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9We did this not because we have no authority. Instead, we did this in order to be an example to you, so that you may imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3Do not act as a master over the people who are in your care. Instead, 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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