1 Corinthians 4:14
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I admonish you.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 the space of three years, night and day, I ceased not to warn every one with tears.
1 Corinthians 6:5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one that shall be able to judge between his brethren;
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God. I say it to your shame.
2 Corinthians 7:3I say it not for condemnation; for I have before said, that ye are in our hearts, to die together and to live together.
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, I am ready to come to you the third time; and I will not be a charge to you; for I seek not yours, but you; for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Colossians 1:28whom we announce, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
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 →