Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary (4 vols)
1 Corinthians 4:16
1 Corinthians 4:16. I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me in preparedness to suffer for His name.
1 Corinthians 4:16. I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me in preparedness to suffer for His name.
Verse 1 Corinthians 4:16. _WHEREFORE, I BESEECH YOU, BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME._] It should rather be translated, Be ye imitators of me; μιμηται, from which we have our word _mimic_, which, though now us...
WHEREFORE - Since I am your spiritual father. BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME - Imitate me; copy my example; listen to my admonitions. Probably Paul had particularly in his eye their tendency to form parties; a...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. Servants of Christ and Stewards of the Mysteries of God. (1 Corinthians 4:1)._ 2. Contrast Between Self-Glorification and Humiliation. (1 Corinthians 4:6). 3. Admonition to Beloved Ch...
FATHERLY ADMONITION, ENTREATY, AND WARNING. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternness, and he warns them not to presume on his mildness....
It is not to shame you that I write these things, but to warn you as my beloved children. You may have thousands of tutors in Christ, but you have not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, through the g...
THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
WHEREFORE. On account of (App-104. 1 Corinthians 4:2) this. BESEECH. Greek. _parakaleo,_ as in 1 Corinthians 4:13. BE. become. FOLLOWERS. imitators. Greek. _mimetes._ Elsewhere,...
_be ye followers of me_ Literally, IMITATORS. Vulgate, _imitatores_. St Paul's was no spurious humility, such as has too often taken the place of real gospel humility in the Christian Church. He could...
Contrast between the Corinthian Teachers and St Paul 8. _Now ye are full, now ye are rich_ Here we have one of the sudden turns of feeling so remarkable in the Apostle's style. Abruptly breaking off a...
ΜΙΜΗΤΑΊ. IMITATORS. Vulgate, _imitatores_. St Paul’s was no spurious humility, such as has too often taken the place of real Gospel humility in the Christian Church. He could venture to refer to his o...
CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CORINTHIAN TEACHERS AND ST PAUL...
_A CHARGE REGARDING THEIR SPIRITUAL FATHER 1 CORINTHIANS 4:14-16:_ Paul wrote these things to the Christians at Corinth to remind them that he was their father in the faith. He had led them to the Lor...
ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΛΈΩ (G3870) требовать, побуждать. ΜΙΜΗΤΉΣ (G3402) подражатель, тот, кто подражает другому, с _obj. gen._ ΜΟΥ. Praed. _пот._ Дети должны были быть подобны отцам (D...
BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME.— This he presses again, ch. 1 Corinthians 11:1 and it is not likely that he would have proposed himself over and again to them to be followed by them, had the question and conte...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Exasperating (1 Corinthians 4:14-21) 14 I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15For though you have countless guides in Chr...
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME - literally, imitators; namely, in my ways, which be in Christ (; ); not in my crosses (1 Corinthians 4:8;...
8 The sharp contrast between the carnal Corinthians and the faithful apostle loses none of its force if we compare him with the church of today. We need not go outside of Protestantism to find churche...
4:16 entreat (b-2) _ Parakaleo_ . The word has to be rendered very differently in English in different places, and is hard to render, though simple and easy to understand. It means 'to call upon a pe...
CHRISTIAN TEACHERS ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS OF GOD The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and responsible to Him....
PARAPHRASE. 'Iwrite not to shame you, but to admonish you; and I have the right to do so, for I am your spiritual father. (16, 17) Follow my example, therefore; and attend to the instructions of Timot...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 4 PAUL THE SERVANT 4:1-5 V1 This is how people should think about us. We are Christ’s servants. We are *stewards (keepers) of the secrets...
WHEREFORE. — Because I stand in this relation I call you to preserve, as it were, in a moral sense, that family likeness which would naturally accompany such a relationship (Galatians 4:12; Ephesians...
CHAPTER 7 THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke to utter. He has shown the Corinthians that to give the...
§ 14. PAUL'S FATHERLY DISCIPLINE. All has now been said that can be concerning the Divisions at Cor [756] the causes underlying them, and the spirit they manifest and foster in the Church. In their se...
“I beseech you therefore (as your father), be _imitators_ of me.” γίνεσθε (pr [766] impr.) signifies, in moral exhortations, _be in effect, show yourselves_ (_cf._ Ephesians 4:32; Ephesians 5:17). μιμ...
TEACHING CONVERTS CHRIST'S WAYS 1 Corinthians 4:14 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his children. They might have instructors and tutors, but they coul...
Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work. What dignity does this double statement suggest?...
Paul Loved the Church in Corinth Like a Father Paul did not try to make the brethren feel bad because they added to his problems. Rather, he wanted to warn them so they would change. He wrote to them...
I write not. St. Paul here insinuates to the Corinthians, that they ought to blush with shame for neglecting the apostles, who had suffered so many hardships for them, to follow after teachers void of...
A father has a right to expect that wellborn children follow his steps; hence the _therefore._ The apostle is thinking particularly of the absence of all self-seeking and self-satisfaction, of the abn...
“For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16. I beseech you therefore: be ye imitators of me.”...
are the conclusion of all the apostle has written from 1 Corinthians 1:12. He first makes an explanation about the severe manner in which he has just spoken to them. It is not resentment or enmity whi...
4. PRIDE THE FIRST CAUSE OF THE EVIL. 4:6-21. Here is the final and general application of the whole first part, relating to the divisions which had arisen in the Church. The apostle, after reminding...
(14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have bego...
16._I exhort you. _He now expresses also, in his own words, what he requires from them in his fatherly admonition — that, being his sons, they do not degenerate from their father. For what is more rea...
As for the apostle and the labourers, they were to consider them as stewards employed by the Lord. And it was to Him that Paul committed the judgment of his conduct. He cared little for the judgment m...
WHEREFORE, I BESEECH YOU,.... Though he might have used the power and authority of a father, yet he chose rather to entreat and beseech them; saying, BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME; for who should children fo...
Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Ver. 16. _Be ye followers of me_] As dear children. _A bove maiori discit arare minor._ From the larger bull the smaller ones are taught to plough, (Ov...
_I write not these things to shame you_ Publicly to disgrace you, and stain your credit with other churches; _but as my beloved sons I warn you_ Show you in a mild and tender way what is wrong in your...
BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME; imitate my example as your spiritual father....
Wherefore I beseech you, Be ye followers of me....
The apostle's fatherly discipline:...
But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized for what they actually were, "ministers of Christ, and stewa...
1 CORINTHIANS 4:16. BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BE YE IMITATORS OF ME. 'beseech' -'that is why. implore you to follow the footsteps of me' (Phi) 'he entreats them to be imitators of his humility and his...
14-21 In reproving for sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn, are likely to reform. Though the apostle spoke with authority as a pare...
I might as a father command you, but I BESEECH YOU, BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME, in preserving the unity and promoting the holiness of the church. He expounds this, 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1: _Be ye followers of m...
I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me. [Again, in the highest sense we can only be imitators of God (Ephesians 5:1); but in a secondary sense the Corinthians could imitate Paul--his humility,...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians Be ye followers of me.[31]...
1 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore G3767 urge G3870 (G5719) you G5209 imitate G1096 (G5737) G3402 me G3450...
LET THEM THEN REMEMBER THAT HE FATHERED THEM AND THAT THROUGH HIM GOD'S POWER WAS AND IS REVEALED (4:14-21)...
‘I write these things not to shame you but to admonish you, as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I bro...
BE YE IMITATORS OF ME (μιμητα μου γινεσθε). "Keep on becoming (present middle imperative) imitators of me (objective genitive)." Μιμητης is an old word from μιμεομα, to copy, to mimic (μιμος). Paul...
CONTENTS: Judgment of Christ's servants not committed to man. Apostolic example of patience and humility. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Apollos, Timothy. CONCLUSION: God's steward awaits no Judgmen...
1 Corinthians 4:1. _Let a man,_ yea every one of you, however biassed by parties, _so account of us,_ though servants for your sakes, _as ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God,_ as...
FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE. Children imitate their parents. They should imitate their spiritual father, by humility and unselfishness....
_I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you._ PAUL AN EXAMPLE TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS He proceeds-- I. With love. 1. Not as a schoolmaster, but as a father. 2. Not t...
CHAPTER IV. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER S. Paul proceeds in his task of uprooting the divisions, the pride, and the boasting of the Corinthians, and especially of some of their teachers who held him in...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 4:14.—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desire to make them ashamed of their bearing towards and est...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1 _Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers._ 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1 LET A MAN SO ACCOUNT OF US. Since it is inevitable that Christians should form some estimate of...
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God (1 Corinthians 4:1). Ministers of Christ, the Greek word there is the under-rowers. They were the guys d...
1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:9;...
CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP 1 Corinthians 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several statements which remind us of the responsibility and privile...
Be ye followers of me — In that spirit and behaviour which I have so largely declared....