Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore I urge you to imitate me. New Living Translation So I urge you to imitate me. English Standard Version I urge you, then, be imitators of me. Berean Standard Bible Therefore I urge you to imitate me. Berean Literal Bible Therefore I exhort you, become imitators of me. King James Bible Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. New King James Version Therefore I urge you, imitate me. New American Standard Bible Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me. NASB 1995 Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. NASB 1977 I exhort you therefore, be imitators of me. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. Amplified Bible So I urge you, be imitators of me [just as a child imitates his father]. Christian Standard Bible Therefore I urge you to imitate me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore I urge you to imitate me. American Standard Version I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore, I beg of you that you would imitate me. Contemporary English Version and I want you to be like me. Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ. English Revised Version I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I encourage you to imitate me. Good News Translation I beg you, then, to follow my example. International Standard Version So I urge you to imitate me. Literal Standard Version I call on you, therefore, become followers of me; Majority Standard Bible Therefore I urge you to imitate me. New American Bible Therefore, I urge you, be imitators of me. NET Bible I encourage you, then, be imitators of me. New Revised Standard Version I appeal to you, then, be imitators of me. New Heart English Bible I appeal to you therefore, be imitators of me. Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Weymouth New Testament I entreat you therefore to become like me. World English Bible I beg you therefore, be imitators of me. Young's Literal Translation I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me; Additional Translations ... Context Paul Warns his Children…15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 11:1 You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. Philippians 3:17 Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you. Philippians 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. 1 Thessalonians 1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering. 2 Thessalonians 3:9 Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate. Treasury of Scripture Why I beseech you, be you followers of me. 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. John 10:4,5 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice… Philippians 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. Jump to Previous Beg Beseech Desire Entreat Example Exhort Followers Imitate Imitators Urge WhereforeJump to Next Beg Beseech Desire Entreat Example Exhort Followers Imitate Imitators Urge Wherefore1 Corinthians 4 1. In what account the apostles ought to be regarded.7. We have nothing which we have not received. 9. The apostles spectacles to the world, angels, and men; 13. the filth and offscouring of the world; 15. yet our fathers in Christ; 16. whom we ought to follow. (16) Wherefore.--Because I stand in this relation I call you to preserve, as it were, in a moral sense, that family likeness which would naturally accompany such a relationship (Galatians 4:12; Ephesians 5:1; Philippians 3:17).Verse 16. - Be ye followers; rather, imitators. He makes the same appeal in 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17. Of course, he only uses his human example as a guide to them in the special virtues of humility, self denial, and faithfulness (1 Peter 5:3; Hebrews 13:7). In the highest sense we can only be "imitators of God" (Ephesians 5:1). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thereforeοὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. I urge παρακαλῶ (parakalō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke. you ὑμᾶς (hymas) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. to imitate μιμηταί (mimētai) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3402: An imitator, follower. From mimeomai; an imitator. me. μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Links 1 Corinthians 4:16 NIV1 Corinthians 4:16 NLT 1 Corinthians 4:16 ESV 1 Corinthians 4:16 NASB 1 Corinthians 4:16 KJV 1 Corinthians 4:16 BibleApps.com 1 Corinthians 4:16 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 4:16 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 4:16 French Bible 1 Corinthians 4:16 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 4:16 I beg you therefore be imitators (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) |
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