1 Corinthians 4:14 KJV
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
1 Corinthians 4:12–16 KJV Chapter Context
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And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
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Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
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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.
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Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.