1 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.

17For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, which is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my wayes in Christ as I teache euery where in euery Church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be yee followers of mee, euen as I am of Christ.

Philippians 4:9Which yee haue both learned and receiued, and heard, and seene in mee: those things doe, and the God of peace shalbe with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not because we haue not authoritie, but that we might make our selues an ensample vnto you to follow vs.

1 Peter 5:3Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.

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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