16 I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.
Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,
The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don't know 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,