1 Corinthians 4:13-19

13Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.

14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you . 15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16Therefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

17For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. 18Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them who are puffed up, but the power.