1 Corinthians 4:15

¹³ Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

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

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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
KJV: 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.
WEB: For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
ASV: For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.
DARBY: For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.
BLB: For although you⁺ may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you⁺ through the gospel.

ÅB: For om dere og har ti tusen læremestere i Kristus, så har dere dog ikke mange fedre; for jeg har avlet dere i Kristus Jesus ved evangeliet.
OTB: For om dere skulle ha utallige veiledere i Kristus, ville dere likevel ikke ha mange fedre; for i Kristus Jesus ble jeg deres far gjennom evangeliet.
B1930: For om I og har ti tusen læremestere i Kristus, så har I dog ikke mange fedre; for jeg har avlet eder i Kristus Jesus ved evangeliet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Corinthians 3:10
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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Galatians 4:19
My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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1 Peter 1:23
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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1 Corinthians 9:14
Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
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1 Corinthians 9:23
And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
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Acts 18:4–11
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
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Philemon 1:10–12
I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds:
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2 Timothy 4:3
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
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