{Be ye imitators of me} (mim(8874)ai mou ginesthe). "Keep on
becoming (present middle imperative) imitators of me (objective
genitive)." Mim(8874)(8873) is an old word from mimeomai, to copy, to
mimic (mimos). 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.