Claim:
"Paul says, "be ye followers of me" (1 COR 4:16)
Christ says we are to follow HIM (LUKE 9:59).


Christ said: "Follow Me"
Greek: akoloutheó: from alpha (as a cop. prefix) and keleuthos (a road, way)

Paul said
Greek: mimétés: mimētḗs (the root of the English term, mimic, "one who imitates, emulates") – properly, the positive imitation that arises by admiring the pattern set by someone worthy of emulation

two completely different things