16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Holy Spirit
• Joy
• Obedience and Disobedience

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 4:16 — Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
• 1Cor 4:16 — Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
• 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.
• 1Cor 15:1 — Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
• 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1Thess 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e
• 1Thess 2:14 — For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
• 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2Cor 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• 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.
• 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.
• Acts 13:52 — And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 13:52 — And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
• Eph 5:1 — Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
• Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
• 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 8:12 — Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
• John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
• John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
• Matt 16:24 — Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• 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.
• Rom 5:3 — And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• Rom 8:16 — The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
• Rom 14:17 — For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.