1 Corinthians 4:16

I beseech you, therefore, that ye be like me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though ye have a myriad of teachers in Messiah, yet not many fathers; for in Jesus Messiah, I have begotten you by preaching.

17For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, that he might bring to your recollection my ways in Messiah, agreeably to what I teach in all the churches.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be ye imitators of me, as I am of the Messiah.

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

2 Thessalonians 3:9It was not because we have no authority, but that we might give you an example in ourselves, that ye might imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them:

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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