1 Corinthians 4:15

God's Word

You may have countless Christian guardians, but you don’t have many ⌞spiritual⌟ fathers. I became your father in the Christian life by telling you the Good News about Christ Jesus.

Cross References

Numbers 11:12

Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms—as a nurse carries a baby—all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?

Romans 15:20

My goal was to spread the Good News where the name of Christ was not known. I didn’t want to build on a foundation which others had laid.

1 Corinthians 1:30

You are partners with Christ Jesus because of God. Jesus has become our wisdom sent from God, our approval, our holiness, and our ransom from sin.

1 Corinthians 15:1

Brothers and sisters, I’m making known to you the Good News which I already told you, which you received, and on which your faith is based.

1 Corinthians 3:10

As a skilled and experienced builder, I used the gift  that God gave me to lay the foundation ⌞for that building⌟. However, someone else is building on it. Each person must be careful how he builds on it.

1 Corinthians 3:6

I planted, and Apollos watered, but God made it grow.

1 Corinthians 3:8

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own work.

1 Corinthians 9:12

If others have the right to expect this from you, don’t we deserve even more? But we haven’t used our rights. Instead, we would put up with anything in order not to hinder the Good News of Christ in any way.

1 Corinthians 9:14

In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who spread the Good News should earn their living from the Good News.

1 Corinthians 9:16

If I spread the Good News, I have nothing to brag about because I have an obligation to do this. How horrible it will be for me if I don’t spread the Good News!

1 Corinthians 9:18

So what is my reward? It is to spread the Good News free of charge. In that way I won’t use the rights that belong to those who spread the Good News.

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all this for the sake of the Good News in order to share what it offers.

2 Corinthians 4:5

Our message is not about ourselves. It is about Jesus Christ as the Lord. We are your servants for his sake.

Galatians 3:24

Before Christ came, Moses’ laws served as our guardian. Christ came so that we could receive God’s approval by faith.

Galatians 3:25

But now that this faith has come, we are no longer under the control of a guardian.

Galatians 4:19

My children, I am suffering birth pains for you again until Christ is formed in you.

2 Timothy 4:3

A time will come when people will not listen to accurate teachings. Instead, they will follow their own desires and surround themselves with teachers who tell them what they want to hear.

Titus 1:4

To Titus, a genuine child in the faith we share. Good will  and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior are yours!

Philemon 1:19

I, Paul, promise to pay it back. I’m writing this with my own hand. I won’t even mention that you owe me your life.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth to make us his most important creatures.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, not from a seed that can be destroyed, but through God’s everlasting word that can’t be destroyed. That’s why ⌞Scripture says⌟,