1 Corinthians 4:16

1 Corinthians chapter 4 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Context

v.15For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

v.16This passage

v.17For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Thessalonians 1:6

    And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

  • Hebrews 13:7

    Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:9

    not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

  • Philippians 4:9

    The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

  • John 10:4

    When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:1

    Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.