KJV Lexicon παρακαλω verb - present active indicative - first person singular parakaleo  par-ak-al-eh'-o: to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation) -- beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray. ουν conjunction oun  oon: (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly -- and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore. υμας personal pronoun - second person accusative plural humas  hoo-mas': you (as the objective of a verb or preposition) -- ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own). μιμηται noun - nominative plural masculine mimetes  mim-ay-tace':  an imitator -- follower. μου personal pronoun - first person genitive singular mou  moo: of me -- I, me, mine (own), my. γινεσθε verb - present middle or passive deponent imperative - second person ginomai  ghin'-om-ahee: to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. King James Bible Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore I urge you to imitate me. International Standard Version So I urge you to imitate me. NET Bible I encourage you, then, be imitators of me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore, I beg of you that you would imitate me. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I encourage you to imitate me. King James 2000 Bible Therefore I beseech you, be followers of me. Links 1 Corinthians 4:161 Corinthians 4:16 NIV 1 Corinthians 4:16 NLT 1 Corinthians 4:16 ESV 1 Corinthians 4:16 NASB 1 Corinthians 4:16 KJV |