“Was it I who conceived all these people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as the foster father carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?
1 Corinthians 4:15 - The Scriptures 2009 For if you should have ten thousand instructors in Messiah, yet not many fathers, for in Messiah יהושע I have brought you forth through the Good News. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition After all, though you should have ten thousand teachers (guides to direct you) in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the glad tidings (the Gospel). American Standard Version (1901) For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel. Common English Bible You may have ten thousand mentors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. I gave birth to you in Christ Jesus through the gospel, Catholic Public Domain Version For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you. |
“Was it I who conceived all these people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as the foster father carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?
And so I was ambitious to bring the Good News where Messiah had not been named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation,
And of Him you are in Messiah יהושע, who became for us wisdom from Elohim, righteousness also, and set-apartness and redemption,
But brothers, I make known to you the Good News, which I brought as Good News to you, which you also did receive, and in which you stand,
According to the favour of Elohim which was given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But each one should look how he builds on it.
And he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
If others share authority over you, should not rather we? But we have not used this authority, but we put up with all, lest we hinder the Good News of Messiah.
So also the Master instituted that those announcing the Good News should live from the Good News.
For if I bring the Good News, it is no boasting for me, for necessity is laid on me, and it is woe to me if I do not bring the Good News!
What then is my reward? That in bringing the Good News, I should offer the Good News of Messiah without cost, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
And I do this because of the Good News, so as to become a fellow-partaker with it.
For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Messiah יהושע the Master, and ourselves your servants for the sake of יהושע.
Therefore the Torah became our trainer unto Messiah, in order to be declared right by belief.
My little children, for whom I am again in birth pains until Messiah is formed in you,
For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear,
to Titos, a genuine child according to our common belief: Favour, compassion, peace from Elohim the Father and the Master יהושע Messiah our Saviour.
I, Sha’ul, wrote with my own hand. I shall repay – not to mention to you that you indeed owe yourself to me also.
Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.
having been born again – not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever,