16 I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.
Be ye imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;
The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
In this chapter the apostle,
1Cr 4:1-6
Here,
1Cr 4:7-13
Here the apostle improves the foregoing hint to a caution against pride and self-conceit, and sets forth the temptations the Corinthians had to despise him, from the difference of their circumstances.
1Cr 4:14-16
Here Paul challenges their regard to him as their father. He tells them,
1Cr 4:17-21
Here,