Bible Encyclopedias
Follower
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
fol´ō̇ -ẽr ( μιμητής , mimētḗs ): "Followers" is in the King James Version the translation of mimētēs , "to imitate" (in the New Testament in the good sense of becoming imitators, or following an example), rendered by the Revised Version (British and American) "imitators" (1 Corinthians 4:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1; 1 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; Hebrews 6:12 ); summimētai , "joint imitators" (Philippians 3:17 ); in 1 Peter 3:13 , the King James Version "followers of that which is good," the word, according to a better text, is zelōtı̄́s , the Revised Version (British and American) "if ye be zealous of that which is good.»Copyright Statement
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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Follower'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/f/follower.html. 1915.