1 Corinthians 4:14

New International Reader's Version

I am not writing this to shame you. You are my dear children, and I want to warn you.

Cross References

Ezekiel 3:21

But suppose you do warn a godly person not to sin. And they do not sin. Then you can be sure that they will live because they listened to your warning. And you will have saved yourself.”

Acts 20:31

So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning you. Night and day I warned each of you with tears.

1 Corinthians 15:34

You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. I say this to make you ashamed.

1 Corinthians 4:15

Suppose you had 10,000 believers in Christ watching over you. You still wouldn’t have many fathers. I became your father by serving Christ Jesus and telling you the good news.

1 Corinthians 4:17

That’s the reason I have sent Timothy to you. He is like a son to me, and I love him. He is faithful in serving the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in serving Christ Jesus. And that agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.

1 Corinthians 6:5

I say this to shame you. Is it possible that no one among you is wise enough to judge matters between believers?

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I haven’t used any of those rights. And I’m not writing because I hope you will do things like that for me. I would rather die than allow anyone to take away my pride in my work.

2 Corinthians 11:11

Why? Because I don’t love you? No! God knows I do!

2 Corinthians 12:19

All this time, have you been thinking that I’ve been speaking up for myself? No, I’ve been speaking with God as my witness. I’ve been speaking like a believer in Christ. Dear friends, everything I do is to help you become stronger.

2 Corinthians 7:3

I don’t say this to judge you. I have told you before that you have an important place in our hearts. We would live or die with you.

Colossians 1:28

Christ is the one we preach about. With all the wisdom we have, we warn and teach everyone. When we bring them to God, we want them to be like Christ. We want them to be grown up as people who belong to Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

You know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

Brothers and sisters, we are asking you to warn certain people. These people don’t want to work. Instead, they make trouble. We are also asking you to encourage those who have lost hope. Help those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

Keep an eye on anyone who doesn’t obey the teachings in our letter. Don’t have anything to do with that person. Then they will feel ashamed.

Philemon 1:10

I am an old man, and I’m in prison. This is how I make my appeal to you for my son Onesimus. He became a son to me while I was being held in chains.

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I’m writing this to you so that you will not sin. But suppose someone does sin. Then we have a friend who speaks to the Father for us. He is Jesus Christ, the Blameless One.

3 John 1:4

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living by the truth.