¹³ when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage^(A) of the world—right up to this moment.

Paul’s Appeal and Warning

¹⁴ I am writing this not to shame you^(B) but to warn you as my dear children.^{(C) 15} Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father^(D) through the gospel.^(E)