1 Corinthians 4:16

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15for if ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you by the gospel.

17For this end have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved son and faithful in the Lord, who will bring to your remembrance my ways in Christ, how I teach every where in every church.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Be ye then imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

Philippians 4:9and what ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, these practise; and the God of peace will be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9Not that we have not power, but that we might give ourselves as an example to you to imitate us.

1 Peter 5:3nor as lording it over the people, 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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