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 (1 Corinthians 9:15).
Warn - rather, 'admonish' as a father uses 'admonition' to 'beloved sons,' not provoking them to wrath (Ephesians 6:4). The Corinthians might well be 'ashamed' at the disparity between the father, Paul, and his spiritual children, themselves.