1 Corinthians 4:17
Because of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16I beseech you therefore, become followers of me.
18But as of me not coming to you, some men are puffed up.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador is health.
Matthew 25:21And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Acts 19:21Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul decided in the spirit, after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, having said, After becoming there, I must also see Rome.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning the virgins I have no commandment of Lord, but I give an opinion, as having obtained mercy from Lord to be trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 11:16But if any man appears to be a lover of strife, we have no such custom, nor the congregations of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:15-17
Paul's Tenderness and Affection. ( a. d. 57.) 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. Here Paul challenges their regard to him as their father. He tells them, 1. That what he had written was not for their reproach, but admonition; not with the gall of an enemy, but the bowels of a… Read the whole commentary →