1Cor 4:16 | RWP | e4.org | 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 stands for his rights as their spiritual father against the pretensions of the Judaizers who have turned them against him by the use of the names of Apollos and Cephas.

‏ 1 Corinthians 4:16

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 stands for his rights as their spiritual father against the pretensions of the Judaizers who have turned them against him by the use of the names of Apollos and Cephas.