1 Corinthians 4:15 - 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. 更多版本King 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, 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. English Standard Version 2016 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. |
Could I have conceived this entire multitude, or have given birth to them, so that you might say to me: Carry them in your bosom, as a nursemaid usually carries a little infant, and bring them into the land, about which you have sworn to their fathers?
And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,
But you are of him in Christ Jesus, who was made by God to be our wisdom and justice and sanctification and redemption.
And so I make known to you, brothers, the Gospel that I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you stand.
According to the grace of God, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it.
Now he who plants, and he who waters, are one. But each shall receive his proper reward, according to his labors.
If others are sharers in this authority over you, why are we not more entitled? And yet we have not used this authority. Instead, we bear all things, lest we give any hindrance to the Gospel of Christ.
So, too, has the Lord ordained that those who announce the Gospel should live by the Gospel.
For if I preach the Gospel, it is not glory for me. For an obligation has been laid upon me. And woe to me, if I do not preach the Gospel.
And what, then, would be my reward? So, when preaching the Gospel, I should give the Gospel without taking, so that I may not misuse my authority in the Gospel.
For we are not preaching about ourselves, but about Jesus Christ our Lord. We are merely your servants through Jesus.
And so the law was our guardian in Christ, in order that we might be justified by faith.
For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine, but instead, according to their own desires, they will gather to themselves teachers, with itching ears,
to Titus, beloved son according to the common faith. Grace and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Savior.
I, Paul, have written this with my own hand: I will repay. And I need not tell you, that you are also in debt yourself, to me.
For by his own will he produced us through the Word of truth, so that we might be a kind of beginning among his creatures.
For you have been born again, not from corruptible seed, but from what is incorruptible, from the Word of God, living and remaining for all eternity.