1 Corinthians 11:1
Be imitators of me, in so far as I in turn am an imitator of Christ.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
In Context
Cross References
Romans 15:2Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.
1 Corinthians 10:33That is the way that I also seek in everything the approval of all men, not aiming at my own profit, but at that of the many, in the hope that they may be saved.
Philippians 2:4each fixing his attention, not simply on his own interests, but on those of others also.
1 Thessalonians 1:6And you followed the pattern set you by us and by the Master, after you had received the Message amid severe persecution, and yet with the joy which the Holy Spirit gives,
Hebrews 6:12so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.
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 →