¹⁵ For if you were to have countless ^(A)tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in ^(B)Christ Jesus I ^(C)became your father through the ^(D)gospel.

Paul’s Use of Liberty

9 Am I not ^(A)free? Am I not an ^(B)apostle? Have I not ^(C)seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not ^(D)my work in the Lord?

The Fact of Christ’s Resurrection

15 Now ^(A)I make known to you, brethren, the ^(B)gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, ^(C)in which also you stand,

¹⁴ For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for ^(A)we were the first to come even as far as you in the ^(B)gospel of Christ; ¹⁵ not boasting ^(C)beyond our measure, that is, in ^(D)other men’s labors, but with the hope that as ^(E)your faith grows, we will be, ^[a]within our sphere, ^(F)enlarged even more by you, ¹⁶ so as to ^(G)preach the gospel even to ^(H)the regions beyond you, and not to boast ^[b](I)in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another. ¹⁷ But ^(J)he who boasts is to boast in the Lord. ¹⁸ For it is not he who ^(K)commends himself that is approved, but he ^(L)whom the Lord commends.