1 Corinthians 4:14
I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
In Context
13We are made as the filth of the world, and the refuse of all things to this day.
Cross References
Acts 20:31Watch therefore, remembering that for the space of three years I ceased not by night and by day to warn every one with tears.
1 Corinthians 6:5I speak it to your shame. What! is there not one wise man among you, that is able to judge between his bretheren?
1 Corinthians 15:34Behave soberly, as ye ought to do, and sin not: for some of you have not the knowledge of God; to your shame I speak it.
2 Corinthians 7:3I speak not this to condemn you: for I said before that ye are so much in our hearts that we could live and die with you.
2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your substance, but your selves. For children are not expected to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
Colossians 1:28whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
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 →