1 Corinthians 4:14
It is with no wish to shame you that I am writing like this; but to warn you as my own dear children.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
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Cross References
Acts 20:31Therefore, be on your guard, remembering how for three years, night and day, I never ceased, even with tears, to warn each one of you.
1 Corinthians 6:5Can it be that there is not one among you wise enough to decide between two of their fellow followers?
1 Corinthians 15:34Wake up to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
2 Corinthians 7:3I am not saying this to condemn you. Indeed, I have already said that you are in our heart, to live and die together.
2 Corinthians 12:14Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I will refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.
Colossians 1:28This is the Christ whom we proclaim, warning everyone, and instructing everyone, with all the wisdom that we possess, in the hope of bringing everyone into God’s presence perfected by union with 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 →