1 Corinthians 4:16
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
KJV
παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.
Greek NT
Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.
Vulgate
I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
ASV
Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me as I also am of Christ.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
μιμητής
mimetes
noun · 6×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
- 1Cor 11:1 — Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- 1Cor 11:1 — Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
- 1Pet 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
- 1Thess 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:
- 1Thess 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:
- 2Thess 3:7 — For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
- 2Thess 3:9 — Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
- 3John 1:11 — Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
- Eph 4:1 — I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
- Heb 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.
- Heb 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.
- John 10:4 — And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
- Phil 3:17 — Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
- Phil 3:17 — Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
- Phil 4:9 — Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.