1 Corinthians 4:16

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

17Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

Philippians 4:9Do the things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9This was not because we don’t have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3not as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves 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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