1 Corinthians 4:13-19

13when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s garbage.

14I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.

15For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.

17This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church.

18Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.

19But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk, but the power of those who are arrogant.