Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me.

King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Holman Bible

Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

International Standard Version

So I urge you to imitate me.

A Conservative Version

I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.

American Standard Version

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Amplified

So I urge you, be imitators of me [just as a child imitates his father].

An Understandable Version

So, I urge you to imitate my lifestyle.

Anderson New Testament

I exhort you, therefore, be imitators of me.

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and therefore I intreat you, to copy after me.

Darby Translation

I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.

Godbey New Testament

Therefore I exhort you, be ye imitators of me.

Goodspeed New Testament

So I urge you, follow my example.

John Wesley New Testament

I beseech you therefore, be ye followers of me.

Julia Smith Translation

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

King James 2000

Therefore I beseech you, be followers of me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore I exhort you, become imitators of me.

Modern King James verseion

Therefore I beseech you, be imitators of me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wherefore I desire you to follow me.

Moffatt New Testament

Then imitate me, I beg of you.

Montgomery New Testament

I beg you then to imitate my example.

NET Bible

I encourage you, then, be imitators of me.

New Heart English Bible

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

Noyes New Testament

I exhort you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Sawyer New Testament

I exhort you therefore, be followers of me.

The Emphasized Bible

I beseech you, therefore, - become imitators of me.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Now I conjure you, be followers of me.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Therefore I entreat you-Follow my example.

Webster

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Weymouth New Testament

I entreat you therefore to become like me.

Williams New Testament

So I beg you, make it your habit to follow my example,

World English Bible

I beg you therefore, be imitators of me.

Worrell New Testament

I beseech you, therefore, become imitators of me.

Worsley New Testament

I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

παρακαλέω 
Parakaleo 
Usage: 102

you
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

be ye
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

μιμητής 
Mimetes 
Usage: 7

Verse Info

Context Readings

Paul's Concern For The Corinthian Believers

15 For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.


Cross References

1 Corinthians 11:1

Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

Philippians 3:17

Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us.

2 Thessalonians 3:9

not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

Philippians 4:9

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

John 10:4-5

When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.

1 Peter 5:3

nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock.

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