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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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THE THREE JUDGMENTS (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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CONTRAST BETWEEN THE CORINTHIAN TEACHERS AND ST PAUL...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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§ 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...
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“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...
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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...
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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?...
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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...
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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...
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“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.”...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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BE YE FOLLOWERS OF ME; imitate my example as your spiritual father....
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Wherefore I beseech you, Be ye followers of me....
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The apostle's fatherly discipline:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians
Be ye followers of me.[31]...
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1 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore G3767 urge G3870 (G5719) you G5209
imitate G1096 (G5737) G3402 me G3450...
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LET THEM THEN REMEMBER THAT HE FATHERED THEM AND THAT THROUGH HIM
GOD'S POWER WAS AND IS REVEALED (4:14-21)...
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‘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...
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1 Corinthians 4:16. I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BE YE IMITATORS OF ME in
preparedness to suffer for His name....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOLLOW MY EXAMPLE. Children imitate their parents. They should imitate
their spiritual father, by humility and unselfishness....
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Peter 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 2 Thessalonians
3:9;...
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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...
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Be ye followers of me — In that spirit and behaviour which I have so
largely declared....