1 Corinthians 4:17

1 Corinthians 4:17

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.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Have I sent (epemya). First aorist active indicative. Probably Timothy had already gone as seems clear from I Corinthians 16:10 f. Apparently Timothy came back to Ephesus and was sent on to Macedonia before the uproar in Ephesus (Acts 19:22). Probably also Titus was then despatched to Corinth, also before the uproar.

In every church (en pash ekklhsiai). Paul expects his teachings and practices to be followed in every church (I Corinthians 14:33). Note his language here "my ways those in Christ Jesus." Timothy as Paul's spokesman

will remind (anamnhsei) the Corinthians of Paul's teachings.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 4:17:**

Acts 19:22
1 Corinthians 16:10
Philippians 2:23
2 Timothy 1:2
2 Timothy 1:6

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