1 Corinthians 4:14

1 Corinthians chapter 4 · verse 14 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

v.13being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

v.14This passage

v.15For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

2 Corinthians 12:19
Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
Acts 20:31
Wherefore watch ye, remembering that by the space of three years I ceased not to admonish every one night and day with tears.
2 Corinthians 12:14
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
2 Corinthians 7:3
I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die together and live together.