1 Corinthians 4:16

¹⁴ I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

¹⁵ Even 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.

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

¹⁷ That 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.

¹⁸ Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
KJV: Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
WEB: I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
ASV: I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
DARBY: I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.
BLB: Therefore I exhort you⁺, become imitators of me.

ÅB: Jeg formaner dere derfor: Bli mine etterfølgere!
OTB: Derfor oppmuntrer jeg dere, vær etterlignere av meg.
B1930: Jeg formaner eder derfor: Bli mine efterfølgere!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 11:1
You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
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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.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
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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.
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Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
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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.
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John 10:4–5
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
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1 Peter 5:3
not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
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