Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Corinthians 4:16

"I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me." — 1 Corinthians 4:16 (ASV)

Therefore.—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 5:1; Philippians 3:17).