1 Corinthians 4:14-16
New Testament for Everyone
Puffed up or powerful?
14 I’m not writing this to make you ashamed! I am simply treating you as dear children, and putting you straight. 15 You’ve got a thousand babysitters in Christ, I know, but you haven’t got many fathers—because I became your father in the Messiah, Jesus, through the gospel.
16 So let me appeal to you: copy me!
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1 Corinthians 4:14-16
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Paul’s Appeal and Warning
14 I am writing this not to shame you(A) but to warn you as my dear children.(B) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(C) through the gospel.(D) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(E)
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