1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I admonish you.
16I beseech you therefore, be followers of me[4:16].
Cross References
Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 9:1AM I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:14So also did the Lord appoint to those who preach the gospel, to live by the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:23And all things I do for the gospel's sake, that I may become a partaker thereof with others[9:23].
Galatians 4:19My little children, of whom I travail again in birth, until Christ be 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 →