1 Corinthians 4:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ So I urge and implore you, be imitators of me.

¹⁷ For this very cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and trustworthy child in the Lord, who will recall to your minds my methods of proceeding and course of conduct and way of life in Christ, such as I teach everywhere in each of the churches.

¹⁸ Some of you have become conceited and arrogant and pretentious, counting on my not coming to you.