1 Corinthians 4:15-17

English Standard Version

¹⁵ For ^(A)though you have countless^[a] guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For ^(B)I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. ¹⁶ I urge you, then, ^(C)be imitators of me. ¹⁷ That is why ^(D)I sent^[b] you Timothy, ^(E)my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ,^{[c] (F)}as I teach them everywhere in every church.