1 CORINTHIANS 4:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”
Therefore I urge you to imitate me — 'imitate' (mimiētai) means to pattern yourself after. Not cult-of-personality imitation but imitation of apostolic virtue: weakness accepted, hardship endured, enemies blessed, Christ exalted. The Corinthians should imitate Paul's fidelity and suffering-love, not his status or rhetoric.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 4:16
“I beseech you, be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.” κάθως κὰγὼ Χριστοῦ, omitted in our version: the Vulgate has it, see 1 Corinthians 11:1 Astonishing! How great is our teacher's boldness of speech! How highly finished the image, when he can even exhort others hereunto! Not that in self-exaltation he does so, but implying that virtue is an easy thing. As if he had said, “Tell me not, 'I am not able to imitate you. You are a Teacher, and a great one.' For the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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