1 Corinthians 4:16

So, I-am-calling-aside you; be-becoming imitators of{me}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15for if-supposing you-may-be-having ten-thousand child-leaders[i.e. leaders of children] in to{Anointed}; contrariwise, not many fathers, for in to{Anointed Jesus} through of{the good-message} I beget you.

17Through the-same, I-dispatch Timothy to{you}, who is-being offspring of{me}, beloved and faithful in to{[the] Lord}, who will-remind-anew you the ways of{me}, the in to{Anointed Jesus}, according-as everywhere I-am-teaching in to{every out-calling}.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be-becoming imitators of{me} according-as also-I of{Anointed}.

Philippians 4:9which[plural] also you-learn and take-aside and hear and behold in to{emphatically-me}. Be-practicing the-same, and the God of{the peace} will-be alongside of{you}.

2 Thessalonians 3:9not that we-are_not_having authority; contrariwise, in-which-place we-may-give sameselves imprint/replica/type to{you} into the to-be-imitating us,

1 Peter 5:3nor as lording-down/against of{the allotments}; contrariwise, becoming imprints/replicas/types of{the shepherded[flock]-let},

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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