1 Corinthians 11:1
Be ye imitators of me, as I am of the Messiah.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 15:2But each of us should please his neighbor, in good things, as conducive to edification.
1 Corinthians 10:33even as I also, in every thing, please every man; and do not seek what is profitable to me, but what is profitable to many; that they may live.
Philippians 2:4And let not each be solicitous only for himself, but every one also for his neighbor.
1 Thessalonians 1:6And ye became imitators of us, and of our Lord, in that ye received the word in great affliction, and with the joy of the Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 6:12and that ye faint not; but that ye be emulators of them who by faith and patience have become heirs of the promise.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 11:1
In this chapter the apostle blames, and endeavours to rectify, some great indecencies and manifest disorders in the church of Corinth; as, I. The misconduct of their women (some of whom seem to have been inspired) in the public assembly, who laid by their veils, the common token of subjection to their husbands in that part of the world. This behaviour he reprehends, requires them to keep veiled, asserts the superiority of the husband, yet so as to remind the husband that both were made for mutual help and comfort,… Read the whole commentary →