New American Standard Bible 1995

1 Corinthians 4:14-21

14I do not writeG1125 theseG3778 thingsG3778 to 1shameG1788 you, but to admonishG3560 you as my belovedG27 2childrenG5043.

15For ifG1437 you were to haveG2192 countlessG3463 3tutorsG3807 in ChristG5547, yetG235 you would not have manyG4183 fathersG3962, for in 4ChristG5547 JesusG2424 I 5becameG1080 your fatherG1080 throughG1223 the 6gospelG2098.

16ThereforeG3767 I exhortG3870 you, be 7imitatorsG3402 of me.

17For thisG3778 reasonG1223 I 8have sentG3992 to you 9TimothyG5095, whoG3739 is my 10belovedG27 and faithfulG4103 childG5043 in the LordG2962, and he will remindG363 you of my waysG3598 which are in ChristG5547, 11justG2531 as I teachG1321 everywhereG3837 in everyG3956 churchG1577.

18NowG1161 someG5100 have become 12 13arrogantG5448, as thoughG5613 I were not 14comingG2064 to you.

19But I 15will comeG2064 to you soonG5030, 16ifG1437 the LordG2962 willsG2309, and I shall findG1097 out, not the 17wordsG3056 of thoseG3588 who are 18arrogantG5448 but their powerG1411.

20For the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 does 19not consist in 20wordsG3056 but in powerG1411.

21WhatG5101 do you desireG2309? 21Shall I comeG2064 to you with a rodG4464, orG2228 with loveG26 and a spiritG4151 of gentlenessG4240?

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 4:14 1 Cor 6:5; 15:34 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 4:14 2 Cor 6:13; 12:14; 1 Thess 2:11; 1 John 2:1; 3 John 4 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Gal 3:24f ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 1:30 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Num 11:12; 1 Cor 3:8; Gal 4:19; Philem 10 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 4:15 1 Cor 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 15:1 ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 4:16 1 Cor 11:1; Phil 3:17; 4:9; 1 Thess 1:6; 2 Thess 3:9 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 16:10 ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 4:17 Acts 16:1 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 4:14; 1 Tim 1:2, 18; 2 Tim 1:2 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 4:17 1 Cor 7:17; 14:33; 16:1; Titus 1:5 ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 4:18 Lit puffed up ↩
13. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
14. 1 Corinthians 4:18 1 Cor 4:21 ↩
15. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 19:21; 20:2; 1 Cor 11:34; 16:5f; 16:7-9; 2 Cor 1:15f ↩
16. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Acts 18:21 ↩
17. 1 Corinthians 4:19 Lit word ↩
18. 1 Corinthians 4:19 1 Cor 4:6 ↩
19. 1 Corinthians 4:20 1 Cor 2:4 ↩
20. 1 Corinthians 4:20 Lit word ↩
21. 1 Corinthians 4:21 2 Cor 1:23; 2:1, 3; 12:20; 13:2, 10 ↩