1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I entreat you — Follow my example.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15Though you may have thousands of instructors in the Faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the Good News.

17This is my reason for sending Timothy to you. He is my own dear faithful child in the Master’s service, and he will remind you of my methods of teaching the Faith of Christ Jesus — methods which I follow everywhere in every Church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Imitate me, as I myself imitate Christ.

Philippians 4:9All that you learned and received and heard and saw in me put into practice continually; and then God, the giver of peace, will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.

1 Peter 5:3not as lords of your charges, but as examples to your 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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