1 Corinthians 4:15

For though ye haue tenne thousand instructours in Christ, yet haue ye not many fathers: for in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

In Context

14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued children I admonish you.

16Wherefore, I pray you, be ye folowers of me.

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Cross References

Acts 18:4And he disputed in the Synagogue euery Sabbath day, and exhorted the Iewes, and the Grecians.

1 Corinthians 3:6I haue planted, Apollos watred, but God gaue the increase.

1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an Apostle? am I not free? haue I not seene Iesus Christ our Lord? are ye not my worke in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:14So also hath the Lord ordeined, that they which preach ye Gospel, should liue of the Gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:23And this I doe for the Gospels sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

Galatians 4:19My litle children, of whome I trauaile in birth againe, vntill 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 →

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