King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
Complete Jewish Bible:
Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
Berean Standard Bible:
Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
American Standard Version:
I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
Wherefore{G3767} I beseech{G3870} you{G5209}, be ye{G1096} followers{G3402} of me{G3450}.
Cross-References (KJV):
2 Thessalonians 3:9
- Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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.
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.
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.
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Commentary for 1 Corinthians 4:16
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: G3767
There are 519 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: οὖν
Transliteration: oûn
Pronunciation: oon
Description: apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly, or (conjunctionally) accordingly:--and (so, truly), but, now (then), so (likewise then), then, therefore, verily, wherefore. - Strong's Number: G3870
There are 104 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: παρακαλέω
Transliteration: parakaléō
Pronunciation: par-ak-al-eh'-o
Description: from παρά and καλέω; to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation):--beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire, (give) exhort(-ation), intreat, pray. - Strong's Number: G5209
There are 388 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: ὑμᾶς
Transliteration: hymâs
Pronunciation: hoo-mas'
Description: accusative case of ὑμεῖς; you (as the objective of a verb or preposition):--ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own). - Strong's Number: G1096
There are 636 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: γίνομαι
Transliteration: gínomai
Pronunciation: ghin'-om-ahee
Description: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought. - Strong's Number: G3402
There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μιμητής
Transliteration: mimētḗs
Pronunciation: mim-ay-tace'
Description: from μιμέομαι; an imitator:--follower. - Strong's Number: G3450
There are 471 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: μοῦ
Transliteration: moû
Pronunciation: moo
Description: the simpler form of ἐμοῦ; of me:--I, me, mine (own), my.