1 Corinthians 4:16 — Greek interlinear

1. Greek word
2. Greek lemma
3. OET-LV words
4. OET-RV words
5. Strong's
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. παρακαλῶ
2. παρακαλέω
3. I am exhorting
4. I urge
5. G3870 ↗
6. V-IPA1··S
7. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ exhorting
8. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ exhorting
9. -
10. Y59; R114224; Person=Paul; F114526
11. 114519
1. Οὖν
2. οὖν
3. Therefore
4. -
5. G3767 ↗
6. C-·······
7. therefore
8. therefore
9. S
10. Y59
11. 114520
1. ὑμᾶς
2. σύ
3. you all
4. you all
5. G4771 ↗
6. R-···2A·P
7. you_all
8. you_all
9. -
10. Y59; R114343
11. 114521
1. μιμηταί
2. μιμητής
3. imitators
4. imitate
5. G3402 ↗
6. N-····NMP
7. imitators
8. imitators
9. -
10. Y59
11. 114522
1. μού
2. ἐγώ
3. of me
4. me
5. G1473 ↗
6. R-···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. Y59; R114224; Person=Paul
11. 114523
1. γίνεσθε
2. γίνομαι
3. be becoming
4. -
5. G1096 ↗
6. V-MPM2··P
7. ˓be˒ becoming
8. ˓be˒ becoming
9. -
10. Y59; R114343
11. 114524

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 4:1–21: The Corinthians should respect Paul as a servant of Christ

Paul continued to talk about how the Corinthian believers should think about their Christian leaders, especially himself. He said that Christian leaders are servants of Christ and should be judged only by Christ. Some Corinthian believers were saying that they did not have to listen to Paul’s teaching. Paul encouraged the Corinthians to respect and obey him as their spiritual father.

Other possible section headings include:

Paul encouraged the Corinthians to respect him and Apollos

Paul and Apollos deserved respect as Christ’s servants

Paragraph 4:14–21

Paul wanted the Corinthians to change the way they were thinking about him and accept his authority again. So he used another metaphor—that of a father with his children—to help them understand how they should respect and obey him.

4:16

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

Therefore I plead/ask you to behave and think the way I do.
So I strongly encourage you to follow my example.

Therefore: The Greek word that the BSB translates as Therefore introduces what Paul commanded the Corinthians to do because he was their spiritual father. It can also be translated as:

So (GW)

then (RSV)

I urge you to imitate me: Paul wanted the Corinthians to act/live as he acted/lived, as a son acts like his father. He wanted them to follow his example. Paul also talked about people following his example in 1 Corinthians 11:1 and 1 Thessalonians 1:6. Other ways to translate this include:

I encourage you…be imitators of me. (NET)

I beg you, please follow my example. (NCV)

I ask you to follow my example and do as I do. (NLT)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε

imitators (Some words not found in SR-GNT: παρακαλῶ Οὖν ὑμᾶς μιμηταί μού γίνεσθε)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind imitators, you can express the idea by using a verbal such as “imitate.” Alternate translation: [imitate me]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

1. OET-LV words
2. OET-RV words
3. Strong's
4. Greek word
5. Greek lemma
6. Role/Morphology
7. OET Gloss
8. VLT Gloss
9. CAPS codes
10. Confidence
11. OET tags
12. OET word #
1. Therefore
2. -
3. G3767 ↗
4. Οὖν
5. οὖν
6. C-·······
7. therefore
8. therefore
9. S
10. Y59
11. 114520
1. I am exhorting
2. I urge
3. G3870 ↗
4. παρακαλῶ
5. παρακαλέω
6. V-IPA1··S
7. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ exhorting
8. ˱I˲ ˓am˒ exhorting
9. -
10. Y59; R114224; Person=Paul; F114526
11. 114519
1. you all
2. you all
3. G4771 ↗
4. ὑμᾶς
5. σύ
6. R-···2A·P
7. you_all
8. you_all
9. -
10. Y59; R114343
11. 114521
1. imitators
2. imitate
3. G3402 ↗
4. μιμηταί
5. μιμητής
6. N-····NMP
7. imitators
8. imitators
9. -
10. Y59
11. 114522
1. of me
2. me
3. G1473 ↗
4. μού
5. ἐγώ
6. R-···1G·S
7. ˱of˲ me
8. ˱of˲ me
9. -
10. Y59; R114224; Person=Paul
11. 114523
1. be becoming
2. -
3. G1096 ↗
4. γίνεσθε
5. γίνομαι
6. V-MPM2··P
7. ˓be˒ becoming
8. ˓be˒ becoming
9. -
10. Y59; R114343
11. 114524

Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.

Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the CNTR.

OET interlinear 1 COR 4:16

SR Greek word order

Section 4:1–21: The Corinthians should respect Paul as a servant of Christ

Paragraph 4:14–21

4:16

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

OET interlinear 1 COR 4:16

SR Greek word order

Section 4:1–21: The Corinthians should respect Paul as a servant of Christ

Paragraph 4:14–21

4:16

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

OET interlinear 1 COR 4:16