1 Corinthians 4:16

Now I conjure you, be followers of me.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though ye may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten you.

17For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my son beloved and faithful in Christ, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ Jesus, as I teach every where in every church.

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Cross References

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

Philippians 4:9Whatsoever things also ye have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these practise, and the God of peace shall be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9not that we have not such power, but that we might be ourselves an example for you to imitate.

1 Peter 5:3not as domineering over your allotted congregations, but as being 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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