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1 Corinthians 4:16 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 4 · verse 16
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.1 Corinthians 4:16 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 4:16 in context
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
15For 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.
16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17For 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.
18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
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Key words (Strong's)
- followersmimētēsan imitatorG3402 →
- beseechparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
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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 father (Co1 4:14): I write not to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-16