1 Corinthians 4:14
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
Context
This verse from 1 Corinthians Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Paul and Apollos are servants, stewards of God's mysteries. It is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. Paul has been made a spectacle to angels and humans — weak, dishonored, hungry, homeless, a refuse. Yet he does not …
Other Translations
I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
Not <FI>as<Fi> putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
Cross References
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely …
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and …
For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I …
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one …
But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done …
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die …
Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.