1 Corinthians 4:16

I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

In Context

15for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I — I did beget you;

17because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1Followers of me become ye, as I also [am] of Christ.

Philippians 4:9the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

1 Peter 5:3neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of 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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