1 Corinthians 4:14
I do not write these things that I may make you ashamed; but as my beloved children I admonish you.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 20:31Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, by day and by night, I ceased not to warn every one of you with tears.
1 Corinthians 6:5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you a wise man, not even one, who shall be able to arbitrate between his brethren?
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake, as you should, to soberness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
2 Corinthians 7:3I do not say this to condemn you; for I have said before, that you are in our hearts, so that we could die with you, and live with you.
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, I am ready the third time to come to you, and I will not burden you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up treasure for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Colossians 1:28whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 4:8-14
Caution against Censoriousness; Distressed Condition of the Apostles. ( a. d. 57.) 7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. 9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a… Read the whole commentary →