"Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me." — 1 Corinthians 4:16

1 Corinthians 4:16 · KJV

“Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”

— 1 Corinthians 4:16

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet {have ye} not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Verse 17

For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

1 Corinthians 4 — Context

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}.

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet {have ye} not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.

Cross References

Philippians 3:17

Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be ye followers of me, even as I also {am} of Christ.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

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:

Philippians 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.

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. {have the rule: or, are the guides}

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.

1 Peter 5:3

Neither as being lords over {God's} heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. {being lords over: or, overruling}