1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
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In Context
16So my desire is that you take me as your example.
18Now some are full of pride, as if I was not coming to you.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:17A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
Matthew 25:21His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
Acts 19:21Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.
1 Corinthians 4:15For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
1 Corinthians 11:16But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches 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 →