1 Corinthians 4:15
for if-supposing you-may-be-having ten-thousand child-leaders[i.e. leaders of children] in to{Anointed}; contrariwise, not many fathers, for in to{Anointed Jesus} through of{the good-message} I beget you.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16So, I-am-calling-aside you; be-becoming imitators of{me}.
Cross References
Acts 18:4Moreover, he-has-been-dialoguing in to{the gathering[translit. "synagogue"]} according-to every sabbath. He-has-been-persuading both Judeans and Greeks.
1 Corinthians 3:6I plant, Apollos drink-izes[i.e. hydrates]; contrariwise, the God has-been-growing,
1 Corinthians 9:1I-am_not_being [a] sent-off[one][?] I-am_not_being emancipated/liberated/released/free[adjective][?] Emphatically-not I-have-seen Jesus, the Lord of{us}[?] Not you are-being the work of{me} in to{[the] Lord}[?]
1 Corinthians 9:14The-same-ly also the Lord sets-through to{the[plural] messaging-according-to} the good-message to-be-being-alive out of{the good-message}.
1 Corinthians 9:23Moreover, I-am-doing all through the good-message, in-which-place I-may-become in-common/partner-together of{same}.
Galatians 4:19offspring-lings of{me}, whom[plural] again I-am-travailing/anguishing[e.g. childbirth] up-to of{whom[singular]} Anointed may-be-formed in to{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 →