1 COR 4:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST Because I am your spiritual father, I plead with you to imitate how I live.

AICNT Therefore, I urge you, be imitators of me.

OEB Therefore I entreat you – Follow my example.

WEBBE I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

LSV I call on you, therefore, become followers of me;

FBV So I'm pleading with you to imitate me!

TCNT Therefore I urge you to be imitators of me.

T4T So I urge you to live for Christ the way I do.

LEB Therefore I exhort you, become imitators of me.

BBE So my desire is that you take me as your example.

Moff Then imitate me, I beg of you.

Wymth I entreat you therefore to become like me.

ASV I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

DRA Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me, as I also am of Christ.

YLT I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;

Drby I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.

RV I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
(I beseech/implore you therefore, be ye/you_all imitators of me. )

SLT I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

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

KJB-1769 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
(Wherefore I beseech/implore you, be ye/you_all followers of me. )

KJB-1611 Wherefore I beseech you, be yee followers of me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Wherfore, I desire you, be ye folowers of me.
(Wherefore, I desire you, be ye/you_all folowers of me.)

Gnva Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.
(Wherefore, I pray you, be ye/you_all folowers of me. )

Cvdl Wherfore I exhorte you, be ye my folowers.
(Wherefore I exhorte you, be ye/you_all my folowers.)

TNT Wherfore I desyre you to folowe me.
(Wherefore I desire you to follow me. )

Wycl Therfor, britheren, Y preye you, be ye foleweris of me, as Y of Crist.
(Therefore, brethren/brothers, I pray you, be ye/you_all foleweris of me, as I of Christ.)

Luth Darum ermahne ich euch: Seid meine Nachfolger!
(Therefore admonish/rebuke I you: Are/Be my Afterfolger!)

ClVg Rogo ergo vos, imitatores mei estote, sicut et ego Christi.
(Rogo therefore you(pl), imitators my/mine be, like and I Christi. )

UGNT παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.
(parakalō oun humas, mimaʸtai mou ginesthe.)

SBL-GNT παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.
(parakalō oun humas, mimaʸtai mou ginesthe.)

RP-GNT Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου γίνεσθε.
(Parakalō oun humas, mimaʸtai mou ginesthe.)

TC-GNT Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς, μιμηταί μου [fn]γίνεσθε.
(Parakalō oun humas, mimaʸtai mou ginesthe. )

4:16 γινεσθε ¦ γεινεσθε TH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN 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)

Parallel 1 COR 4:16

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

Paragraph 4:14–21

4:16

Parallel 1 COR 4:16