“ Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. ”
Wherefore - Since I am your spiritual father. Be ye followers of me - Imitate me; copy my example; listen to my admonitions. Probably Paul had particularly in his eye their tendency to form p...
Fatherly Admonition, Entreaty, and Warning. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildnes...
Wherefore . On account of (App-104. 1 Corinthians 4:2 ) this. beseech . Greek. parakaleo, as in 1 Corinthians 4:13 . be . become. followers . imitators. Greek. mimetes. Elsewhere, 1 Cor...
16. I exhort you. He now expresses also, in his own words, what he requires from them in his fatherly admonition — that, being his sons, they do not degenerate from their father. For what is...
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me - It should rather be translated, Be ye imitators of me; μιμηται, from which we have our word mimic, wh...
Be ye followers of me.— This he presses again, ch. 1 Corinthians 11:1 and it is not likely that he would have proposed himself over and again to them to be followed by them, had the question and...
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Be ye followers of me - literally, imitators; namely, in my ways, which be in Christ ( 1 Corinthians 4:17 ; 1 Corinthians 11:1 ); not in my cr...
Christian Teachers only the Instruments of God The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and responsible to Him.
Wherefore. — Because I stand in this relation I call you to preserve, as it were, in a moral sense, that family likeness which would naturally accompany such a relationship ( Galatians 4:12 ; Ephe...
Chapter 7 THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke to utter. He has shown the Corinthians that to give...
Teaching Converts Christ's Ways 1 Corinthians 4:14-21 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his children. They might have instructors and tutors, but...
Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work. What dignity does this double statement suggest?...
(14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have beg...
Wherefore, I beseech you ,.... Though he might have used the power and authority of a father, yet he chose rather to entreat and beseech them; saying, be ye followers of me ; for who should childr...
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Ver. 16. Be ye followers of me ] As dear children. A bove maiori discit arare minor. From the larger bull the smaller ones are taught to plough,...
I write not these things to shame you Publicly to disgrace you, and stain your credit with other churches; but as my beloved sons I warn you Show you in a mild and tender way what is wrong in you...
But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized for what they actually were, "ministers of Christ, and stew...
Paul's Tenderness and Affection. A. D. 57. 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as...
I might as a father command you, but I beseech you, be ye followers of me, in preserving the unity and promoting the holiness of the church. He expounds this, 1 Corinthians 11:1 : Be ye followe...
‘I write these things not to shame you but to admonish you, as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I br...
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 4:14 .—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desire to make them ashamed of their bearing towards a...
1 Corinthians 4:1 . Let a man, yea every one of you, however biassed by parties, so account of us, though servants for your sakes, as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God,...
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. Paul an example to parents and teachers He proceeds-- I. With love. 1. Not as a schoolmaster, but as a father....
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 4:1-46 Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us. Since it is inevitable that Christians should for...
The apostle's fatherly discipline:
1 Corinthians 11:1 ; 1 Peter 5:3 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:6 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:9 ; Hebrews 13:7 ; John 10:4 ; John 10:5 ; Philippians 3:17
Christian Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several statements which remind us of the responsibility and...
Be ye followers of me — In that spirit and behaviour which I have so largely declared.