1 Corinthians 4:14
Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
Young's Literal Translation
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 20:31'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;
1 Corinthians 6:5unto your shame I speak: so there is not among you one wise man, not even one, who shall be able to discern in the midst of his brethren!
1 Corinthians 15:34awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].
2 Corinthians 7:3not to condemn you do I say [it], for I have said before that in our hearts ye are to die with and to live with;
2 Corinthians 12:14Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,
Colossians 1:28whom we proclaim, 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 →