¹⁶Therefore I urge you, ^qimitate me. ¹⁷For this reason I have sent ^rTimothy to you, ^swho is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will ^tremind you of my ways in Christ, as I ^uteach everywhere ^vin every church.

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Cross references

q[1 Cor. 11:1]; Phil. 3:17; 4:9; [1 Thess. 1:6]; 2 Thess. 3:9
r Acts 19:22; Phil. 2:19
s 1 Cor. 4:14; 1 Tim. 1:2, 18; 2 Tim. 1:2
t 1 Cor. 11:2
u 1 Cor. 7:17; Titus 1:5
v 1 Cor. 14:33

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore I urge you to imitate me. For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son 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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore I urge you to imitate me. This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I urge you to imitate me.

That’s why I have sent Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of how I follow Christ Jesus, just as I teach in all the churches wherever I go.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I exhort you, become imitators of me. Because of this, I have sent to you Timothy, who is my dear and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

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