16 Wherefore, I pray you, be followers of me.

17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, which is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, which shall put you in remembrance of my [a]ways in Christ as I teach everywhere in every Church.

18 [b]Some are puffed up as though I would not come unto you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:17 What way and rule I follow everywhere in teaching the Churches.
  2. 1 Corinthians 4:18 Last of all he descendeth also to Apostolic threatenings, but yet chiding them as a father, lest by their disorder he be constrained to come to punish some among them.

16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(A) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(B) Timothy,(C) my son(D) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(E)

18 Some of you have become arrogant,(F) as if I were not coming to you.(G)

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