1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I exhort you, be ye imitators of me.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

17For this same thing I 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 Jesus, as I teach everywhere in every church.

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Cross References

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

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

2 Thessalonians 3:9not because we have not the right, but in order that we may give ourselves an example to you, that you may imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3Not as domineering over the heritages, but having become examples of 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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