1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.
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In Context
14I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
16I beseech you therefore, be ye imitators of me.
Cross References
Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:14Even so did the Lord ordain that they that proclaim the gospel should live of the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:23And I do all things for the gospel`s sake, that I may be a joint partaker thereof.
Galatians 4:19My little children, of whom I am again in travail 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 →