1 Corinthians 4:16
16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
Other Translations of 1 Corinthians 4:16
King James Version
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
English Standard Version
16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
The Message
16 I'm not, you know, asking you to do anything I'm not already doing myself.
New King James Version
16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
New Living Translation
16 So I urge you to imitate me.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 4:16
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 4:14-21
(Read 1 Corinthians 4:14-21)
In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though the apostle spoke with authority as a parent, he would rather beseech them in love. And as ministers are to set an example, others must follow them, as far as they follow Christ in faith and practice. Christians may mistake and differ in their views, but Christ and Christian truth are the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever. Whenever the gospel is effectual, it comes not in word only, but also in power, by the Holy Spirit, quickening dead sinners, delivering persons from the slavery of sin and Satan, renewing them both inwardly and outwardly, and comforting, strengthening, and establishing the saints, which cannot be done by the persuasive language of men, but by the power of God. And it is a happy temper, to have the spirit of love and meekness bear the rule, yet to maintain just authority.