1 Corinthians 4:17

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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.

19 ^aBut I will come to you shortly, ^bif the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.

20 For ^athe kingdom of God is not in word but in ^bpower.

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Adam Clarke

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1 Corinthians 4:17

For this cause - That you imitate me, and know in what this consists.

I sent unto you Timotheus - The same person to whom he wrote the two epistles that are still extant under his name, and whom he calls here his beloved son, one of his most intimate disciples; and whom he had been the means of bringing to God through Christ.

My ways which be in Christ - This person will also inform you of the manner in which I regulate all the Churches; and show to you, that what I require of you is no other than what I require of all the Churches of Christ which I have formed, as I follow the same plan of discipline in every place. See the Introduction, Section 3.

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