1 Corinthians 4:16 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

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ASV

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

WEB

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

YLT

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

DBT

I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 Corinthians 11:1
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Ephesians 4:1
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Philippians 3:17
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

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They should follow them as far as they are satisfied that they follow Christ in faith and practice. Paul's Affection and Authority. 17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

be ye followers of me--literally, "imitators," namely, in my ways, which be in Christ (1Co 4:17;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1CO 4:161CO 11:1 PHP 3:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 4:162TH 3:9 2TH 3:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 4:16PHP 4:9 JAS 1:22
1CO 4:161CO 11:1 1TH 1:6
1CO 4:161CO 11:1 EPH 5:1-2
1CO 4:161CO 11:1 HEB 6:12
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