"I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}." — 1 Corinthians 4:14

1 Corinthians 4:14 · KJV

“I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}.”

— 1 Corinthians 4:14

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, {and are} the offscouring of all things unto this day.

Verse 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.

1 Corinthians 4 — Context

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, {and are} the offscouring of all things unto this day.

I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn {you}.

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.

Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:11

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father {doth} his children,

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for {it were} better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

1 Corinthians 4:15

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.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but {we do} all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all {men}. {exhort: or, beseech} {unruly: or, disorderly}

Colossians 1:28

Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

2 Corinthians 7:3

I speak not {this} to condemn {you}: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with {you}.