1 Corinthians 4:15
For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you.
16Therefore I urge you, be imitators of me.
Cross References
Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:14In the same way the Lord ordained that those who preach the gospel should live by the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:23And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be a partaker in its blessings.
Galatians 4:19My little children, with whom I again suffer birth pains 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 →