1 Corinthians 4:14
I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
In Context
Cross References
Acts 20:31Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.
1 Corinthians 6:5I say this to move you to shame. Is it so, that there cannot be found among you one wise man, who shall be able to decide between his brethren,
1 Corinthians 15:34Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
2 Corinthians 7:3I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Colossians 1:28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in 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 →