1st Corinthians Chapter 4 verse 14 Holy Bible
I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
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Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].
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I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
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I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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Not `as' putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 14-21. - The practical steps which he intends to take with reference to these party divisions. Verse 14. - To shame you. Such seems to be the meaning of the word, for it is so used in the LXX. (compare the use of the verb in 2 Thessalonians 3:14; Titus 2:8; and of the substantive in 1 Corinthians 6:5; 1 Corinthians 15:34). I warn; rather, I admonish. St. Paul here gives the reason why he cannot write angrily or bitterly, even though he has used strong expostulation and keen irony. It is because he regards himself as their spiritual father (comp. 2 Corinthians 6:13; 2 Corinthians 12:14, 15; 1 Thessalonians 2:11).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) I write not these things to shame you.--Better, I write these things not as one making you ashamed, but I am warning you as beloved children. The mingled irony and reproach of the preceding verses here ceases, and from indignant expostulation the writer now turns to make a tender and touching appeal to their better nature and their sympathy. This abrupt and sudden change in style is characteristic of the writings of St. Paul. Similar passages are nowhere to be found in the writings of the other Apostles. The following verses to the end of this chapter soften the severity of this early part of the Epistle by explaining in what spirit he has written, and the right which he has as their "father in the faith" to so address them.
