1 Corinthians 4:15

For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.

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In The King James Version

For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

In Context

14I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.

16Therefore, I beg you, be imitators of me, just as I am of Christ.

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Cross References

Acts 18:4And he was arguing in the synagogue on every Sabbath, introducing the name of the Lord Jesus. And he was persuading Jews and Greeks.

1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollo watered, but God provided the growth.

1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an Apostle? Have I not seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:14So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:23And I do everything for the sake of the Gospel, so that I may become its partner.

Galatians 4:19My little sons, I am giving birth to you again, until Christ is formed in you.

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 →

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