1 Corinthians 4:15
For though ye may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, yet not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus through the Gospel I have begotten you.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.
16Now I conjure you, be followers of me.
Cross References
Acts 18:4and he discoursed in the synagogue every sabbath-day, and persuaded both the Jews and the Greek proselytes.
1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians 9:1AM I not an apostle? am I not a free man? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:14So also the Lord hath commanded to those who preach the gospel, that they should live by the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I may be a partaker of it with you.
Galatians 4:19My little children of whom I travail in birth again, 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 →