1 Corinthians 4:14 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 4:14

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

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ASV

I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

WEB

I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

YLT

Not as putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,

DBT

Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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28 verses on the floor

Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
1 Timothy 1:2
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

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To expose to open shame is but the way to render shameless. He shows them upon what foundation he claimed paternal relation to them, and called them his sons. They might have other pedagogues or instructors, but he was their father; for in Christ Jesus he had begotten them by the gospel,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you - It is with admirable prudence and sweetness the apostle adds this, to prevent any unkind construction of his words.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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1CO 4:143JN 1:4 GAL 4:19
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1CO 4:143JN 1:4 1TI 1:2
1CO 4:143JN 1:4 PRO 23:24
1CO 4:143JN 1:4 2TI 1:2
1CO 4:141TH 2:11 1CO 4:14-15
1CO 4:143JN 1:4 2KI 20:3
1CO 4:141CO 9:15 1TH 2:9
1CO 4:142CO 12:19 ROM 9:1

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