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Selected Verse: 1 Corinthians 4:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Co 4:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Wherefore [3767] I beseech [3870] you [5209], be ye [1096] followers [3402] of me [3450]. |
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King James |
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| be ye followers of me--literally, "imitators," namely, in my ways, which be in Christ (Co1 4:17; Co1 11:1), not in my crosses (Co1 4:8-13; Act 26:29; Gal 4:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wherefore - Since I am your spiritual father.
Be ye followers of me - Imitate me; copy my example; listen to my admonitions. Probably Paul had particularly in his eye their tendency to form parties; and here admonishes them that he had no disposition to form sects, and entreats them in this to imitate his example. A minister should always so live as that he can, without pride or ostentation, point to his own example; and entreat his people to imitate him. He should have such a confidence in his own integrity; he should lead such a blameless life; and "he should be assured that his people have so much evidence of his integrity," that he can point them to his own example, and entreat them to live like himself. And to do this, he should live a life of piety, and should furnish such evidence of a pure conversation, that his people may have reason to regard him as a holy man. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Be ye followers of me - In that spirit and behaviour which I have so largely declared. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me - It should rather be translated, Be ye imitators of me; μιμηται, from which we have our word mimic, which, though now used only in a bad or ludicrous sense, simply signifies an imitator of another person, whether in speech, manner, habit, or otherwise. As children should imitate their parents in preference to all others, he calls on them to imitate him, as he claims them for his children. He lived for God and eternity, seeking not his own glory, emolument, or ease: those sowers of sedition among them were actuated by different motives. Here then the apostle compares himself with them: follow and imitate me, as I follow and imitate Christ: do not imitate them who, from their worldly pursuits, show themselves to be actuated with a worldly spirit. |
12 Brethren [80], I beseech [1189] you [5216], be [1096] as [5613] I [1473] am; for [3754] I [2504] am as [5613] ye [5210] are: ye have not injured [91] me [3165] at all [3762].
29 And [1161] Paul [3972] said [2036], I would [302] [2172] to God [2316], that not [3756] only [3440] thou [4571], but [235] also [2532] all [3956] that hear [191] me [3450] this day [4594], were [1096] both [2532] almost [1722] [3641], and [2532] altogether [1722] [4183] such [5108] as [3697] [2504] I am [1510], except [3924] these [5130] bonds [1199].
8 Now [2235] ye are [2075] full [2880], now [2235] ye are rich [4147], ye have reigned as kings [936] without [5565] us [2257]: and [2532] I would to God [3785] [1065] ye did reign [936], that [2443] we [2249] also [2532] might reign with [4821] you [5213].
9 For [1063] I think [1380] that [3754] God [2316] hath set forth [584] us [2248] the apostles [652] last [2078], as [5613] it were appointed to death [1935]: for [3754] we are made [1096] a spectacle [2302] unto the world [2889], and [2532] to angels [32], and [2532] to men [444].
10 We [2249] are fools [3474] for [1223] Christ's [5547] sake [1223], but [1161] ye [5210] are wise [5429] in [1722] Christ [5547]; we [2249] are weak [772], but [1161] ye [5210] are strong [2478]; ye [5210] are honourable [1741], but [1161] we [2249] are despised [820].
11 Even [891] unto this present [737] hour [5610] we [3983] both [2532] hunger [3983], and [2532] thirst [1372], and [2532] are naked [1130], and [2532] are buffeted [2852], and [2532] have no certain dwellingplace [790];
12 And [2532] labour [2872], working [2038] with our own [2398] hands [5495]: being reviled [3058], we bless [2127]; being persecuted [1377], we suffer it [430]:
13 Being defamed [987], we intreat [3870]: we are made [1096] as [5613] the filth [4027] of the world [2889], and are the offscouring [4067] of all things [3956] unto [2193] this day [737].
1 Be [1096] ye followers [3402] of me [3450], even as [2531] I also [2504] am of Christ [5547].
17 For [1223] this [5124] cause [1223] have I sent [3992] unto you [5213] Timotheus [5095], who [3739] is [2076] my [3450] beloved [27] son [5043], and [2532] faithful [4103] in [1722] the Lord [2962], who [3739] shall bring [363] you [5209] into remembrance [363] of my [3450] ways [3598] which [3588] be in [1722] Christ [5547], as [2531] I teach [1321] every where [3837] in [1722] every [3956] church [1577].