1 Corinthians 4:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I am not writing to embarrass you. I want to help you, just as parents help their own dear children.

Cross References

Ezekiel 3:21

But if you do warn them, and they listen to you and stop sinning, I will let them live. And you will be innocent.

Acts 20:31

Be on your guard! Remember how day and night for three years I kept warning you with tears in my eyes.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Be sensible and stop sinning. You should be embarrassed that some people still don't know about God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

Ten thousand people may teach you about Christ, but I am your only father. You became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus,

1 Corinthians 4:17

That's why I sent Timothy to you. I love him like a son, and he is a faithful servant of the Lord. Timothy will tell you what I do to follow Christ and how it agrees with what I always teach about Christ in every church.

1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to your shame. Aren't any of you wise enough to act as a judge between one follower and another?

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have never used these privileges of mine, and I am not writing this because I want to start now. I would rather die than let someone rob me of the right to take pride in this.

2 Corinthians 11:11

And it isn't because I don't love you. God himself knows how much I do love you.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? Actually, we have been speaking to God as followers of Christ. But, my friends, we did it all for your good.

2 Corinthians 7:3

I am not saying this to be hard on you. But, as I have said before, you will always be in our thoughts, whether we live or die.

Colossians 1:28

We announce the message about Christ, and we use all our wisdom to warn and teach everyone, so that all Christ's followers will grow and become mature.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

You also know we did everything for you that parents would do for their own children.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

My friends, we beg you to warn anyone who isn't living right. Encourage anyone who feels left out, help all who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Be on your guard against any followers who refuse to obey what we have written in this letter. Put them to shame by not having anything to do with them.

Philemon 1:10

I beg you to help Onesimus! He is like a son to me because I led him to Christ here in jail.

1 John 2:1

My children, I am writing this so that you won't sin. But if you do sin, Jesus Christ always does the right thing, and he will speak to the Father for us.

3 John 1:4

Nothing brings me greater happiness than to hear that my children are obeying the truth.