1 Corinthians 4:16

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherefore - Since I am your spiritual father. Be ye followers of me - Imitate me; copy my example; listen to my admonitions. Probably Paul ha...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Fatherly Admonition, Entreaty, and Warning. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternnes...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Wherefore . On account of (App-104. 1 Corinthians 4:2 ) this. beseech . Greek. parakaleo, as in 1 Corinthians 4:13 . be . become. follower...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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, the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Christian Teachers only the Instruments of God The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and respon...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 exp...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Let Them Then Remember That He Fathered Them And That Through Him God's Power Was and Is Revealed (4:14-21)
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wherefore I beseech you, Be ye followers of me.
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Be ye followers of me — In that spirit and behaviour which I have so largely declared.

¹⁶ Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 4:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 4:16