World English Bible
"I beg you therefore, be imitators of me."
— 1 Corinthians 4:16, World English Bible
“Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”
“I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. ”
“I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.”
“Wherefore, I beseech you, be ye followers of me as I also am of Christ.”
“So my desire is that you take me as your example.”
“Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.”
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.