1 Corinthians 4:15
Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
Cross References
Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:23I do this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
Galatians 4:19My little children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth 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 →