14 我之所以写这些事,并非是叫你们羞愧,而是像劝诫我亲爱的儿女一样劝诫你们。 15 虽然有千万老师将基督的事教导你们,但父亲并不多,因为我借着福音在基督耶稣里成为你们的父亲。 16 所以,我劝你们效法我。 17 正因如此,我派了提摩太去你们那里。他在主里忠心耿耿,是我所爱的孩子。他会提醒你们我在基督里如何行事为人,在各地、各教会如何教导人。

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

15 For though ye have ten thousand instructers 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.

17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

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