1 Corinthians 4:15
for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I — I did beget you;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
16I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;
Cross References
Acts 18:4and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving growth;
1 Corinthians 9:1Am not I an apostle? am not I free? Jesus Christ our Lord have I not seen? my work are not ye in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 9:14so also did the Lord direct to those proclaiming the good news: of the good news to live.
1 Corinthians 9:23And this I do because of the good news, that a fellow-partaker of it I may become;
Galatians 4:19my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may 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 →