1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

17For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.

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Cross References

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

Philippians 4:9Those things, which you have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not because we do not have the right, but to make ourselves an example for you to follow.

1 Peter 5:3Not being lords over those in your charge, but being examples to 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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