1 Corinthians 4:16 “Therefore I urge you to imitate me.”

1 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

World English Bible

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

American Standard Version

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.

Darby Translation

I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

So my desire is that you take me as your example.

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Cross references

“Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”

1 Corinthians 11:1 Philippians 3:17 2 Thessalonians 3:9 1 Thessalonians 1:6 Hebrews 13:7 1 Peter 5:3

1 Corinthians 11:1 · BSB

You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

Philippians 3:17 · BSB

Join one another in following my example, brothers, and carefully observe those who walk according to the pattern we set for you.

2 Thessalonians 3:9 · BSB

Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.

1 Thessalonians 1:6 · BSB

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.

Hebrews 13:7 · BSB

Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

1 Peter 5:3 · BSB

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

Also

Philippians 4:9

Philippians 4:9 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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.

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