1 Corinthians 4:16
I beseech you, therefore,—become imitators of me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 11:1Become imitators of me,—even as, I also, [am] of Christ.
Philippians 4:9The things which ye have both learned, and accepted, and heard, and seen in me, the same, practise;—and, the God of peace, shall be with you.
2 Thessalonians 3:9Not because we have not authority, but that, ourselves, as an ensample, we might hold forth unto you,—to the end ye might he imitating us.
1 Peter 5:3Nor yet as lording it over the allotted portions, but becoming, ensamples, to the beloved 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 →