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(Greek, "teknon", a "child", "born one").
To shame you - It is not my design to put you to shame by showing you how little you suffer in comparison with us. This is not our design, though...
(10) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn [you]. (10) Moderating the sharpness of his mockery, he puts them in mind...
Fatherly Admonition, Entreaty, and Warning. The tone of mingled severity, irony, and pathos disappears; yet the affection is combined with sternnes...
I write, &c . Literally Not as putting you to shame do. write these thing. shame . Greek. entrepo. Occurs elsewhere, Matthew 21:37 ; Mark...
14. I write not these things to shame you As the foregoing instances of irony were very pointed, so that they might exasperate the minds of...
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you . I write not these things to shame you - It is not by way of finding fault...
I write not these things to shame you— See 2 Corinthians 11:20 . St. Paul here (from 1 Corinthians 4:8-17 .), by giving an account of his own con...
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. I write not these things to shame you - for not relieving my needs...
Christian Teachers only the Instruments of God The folly and sin of quarrelling about different teachers who are but servants of Christ and respon...
Paraphrase. 'Iwrite not to shame you, but to admonish you; and I have the right to do so, for I am your spiritual father. (16, 17) Follow my exampl...
I write not these things to shame you. — Better, I write these things not as one making you ashamed, but I am warning you as beloved children. Th...
Chapter 7 THE MINISTRY So keenly alive is Paul to the danger and folly of party spirit in the Church, that he has still one more word of rebuke t...
Teaching Converts Christ's Ways 1 Corinthians 4:14-21 The relationship between the Apostle and his converts was very tender. They were his chil...
Christian teachers are "ministers of Christ." That defines their responsibility. They are "stewards of the mysteries of God." That defines their work...
(14) I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. (15) For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have y...
I write not these things to shame you ,.... Though they had a great deal of reason to be ashamed of the vain opinion they had of themselves, and tha...
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you . Ver. 14. To shame you ] An innocent person sometimes, upon the fulnes...
I write not these things to shame you Publicly to disgrace you, and stain your credit with other churches; but as my beloved sons I warn you Show...
But while we are not to exalt a ministering servant, no more are we to despise him or his work. The apostles should certainly be recognized for what...
Paul's Tenderness and Affection. A. D. 57. ...
I tell you not of this to make you blush, as having had any hand in these indignities which are put upon us, nor yet to shame you (though possibly...
‘I write these things not to shame you but to admonish you, as my beloved children. For though you might have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet you...
Let Them Then Remember That He Fathered Them And That Through Him God's Power Was and Is Revealed (4:14-21)
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 4:14 .—Irony dropped. Even in 1 Corinthians 4:6 it was “Brothers!” Now, “Beloved children!” Yet surely he did desi...
1 Corinthians 4:1 . Let a man, yea every one of you, however biassed by parties, so account of us, though servants for your sakes, as ministers...
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ. The folly of Paul The better to serve Christ, Paul refrained from making acquirement...
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. Paul an example to parents and teachers He proceeds-- I. With love...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 4:1-46 Judgments, human and Divine, respecting ministers. 1 Corinthians 4:1 Let a man so account of us....
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
The apostle's fatherly discipline:
1 Corinthians 4:15 ; 1 Corinthians 9:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:14 ; 2 Corinthians 11:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:14 ; 2 Corinthi...
Christian Stewardship 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The names surrounding discipleship. Our chapter presents before us several st...
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...
14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.