1 Corinthians 4:15

1 Corinthians 4:15

13 being defamed, we¹ entreat. ^aWe have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

Paul’s Paternal Care

14 I do not write these things to shame you, but ^aas my beloved children I warn you.

15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for ^ain Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

16 Therefore I urge you, ^aimitate me.

17 For this reason I have sent ^aTimothy to you, ^bwho is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will ^cremind you of my ways in Christ, as I ^dteach everywhere ^ein every church.

18 ^aNow some are¹ puffed up, as though I were not coming to you.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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To admonish (nouqetwn). Literally, admonishing (present active participle of nouqetew). See on I Thessalonians 5:12, I Thessalonians 5:14.

For though ye should have (ean gar exhte). Third-class condition undetermined, but with prospect of being determined (ean and present subjunctive), "for if ye have."

Tutors (paidagwgouv). This old word (paiv, boy, agwgov, leader) was used for the guide or attendant of the child who took him to school as in Galatians 3:24 (Christ being the schoolmaster) and also as a sort of tutor who had a care for the child when not in school. The papyri examples (Moulton and Milligan, Vocabulary) illustrate both aspects of the paedagogue. Here it is the "tutor in Christ" who is the Teacher. These are the only two N.T. examples of the common word.

I begot you (umav egennhsa). Paul is their

spiritual father in Christ, while Apollos and the rest are their

tutors in Christ.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 4:15:**

Galatians 3:24
Philemon 1:10
Hebrews 12:22

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