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1 Corinthians 4:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I beseech you, therefore,—become imitators of me.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me as I also am of Christ.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Wherefore I beseech you, be yee followers of me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I beseech you, therefore, to follow me.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— I entreat then of you that you be like me.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— I beseech you, therefore, that ye be like me.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Wherefore 3767
{3767} Prime
οὖν
oun
{oon}
Apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjugationally) accordingly.
I beseech 3870
{3870} Prime
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
{par-ak-al-eh'-o}
From G3844 and G2564; to call near, that is, invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
you, 5209
{5209} Prime
ὑμᾶς
humas
{hoo-mas'}
Accusative of G5210; you (as the object of a verb or preposition).
be x1096
(1096) Complement
γίνομαι
ginomai
{ghin'-om-ahee}
A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be ('gen' -erate), that is, (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively, etc.).
ye y1096
[1096] Standard
γίνομαι
ginomai
{ghin'-om-ahee}
A prolonged and middle form of a primary verb; to cause to be ('gen' -erate), that is, (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literally, figuratively, intensively, etc.).
z5737
<5737> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Middle or Passive Deponent (See G5790)
Mood - Imperative (See G5794)
Count - 152
followers 3402
{3402} Prime
μιμητής
mimetes
{mim-ay-tace'}
From G3401; an imitator.
of me. 3450
{3450} Prime
μοῦ
mou
{moo}
The simpler from of G1700; of me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Corinthians 4:16

_ _ be ye followers of me — literally, “imitators,” namely, in my ways, which be in Christ (1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 11:1), not in my crosses (1 Corinthians 4:8-13; Acts 26:29; Galatians 4:12).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 1 Corinthians 4:14-16.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 4:16

Be ye followers of me — In that spirit and behaviour which I have so largely declared.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

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. ... And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Philippians 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
1 Thessalonians 1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
2 Thessalonians 3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
Hebrews 13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation.
1 Peter 5:3 Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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Jn 10:4. 1Co 11:1. Php 3:17. 1Th 1:6. 2Th 3:9. He 13:7. 1P 5:3.

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