1 Corinthians 4:14 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:14-21

The father and his children. The apostle has used sharp words, but they have been dictated by love. He has written as a father who desires the correction and not the shame of his children. I. SPIRITUAL FATHERHOOD . 1. How constituted. "For in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel." Conversion is the beginning of a new life, the birth by which we enter on spiritual being. This change is wrought by the agency of the Holy Spirit, on the basis of Christ's redemptive work;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

To shame you - It is not my design to put you to shame by showing you how little you suffer in comparison with us. This is not our design, though it may have this effect. I have no wish to make you ashamed, to appear to triumph over you or merely to taunt you. My design is higher and nobler than this.But as my beloved sons - As my dear children. I speak as a father to his children, and I say these things for your good. No father would desire to make his children ashamed. In his counsels,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 4:14-16

1 Corinthians 4:14-16. I write not these things to shame you Publicly to disgrace you, and stain your credit with other churches; but as my beloved sons I warn you Show you in a mild and tender way what is wrong in your conduct, and put you in mind of your duty. It is with admirable prudence and sweetness the apostle adds this, to prevent any unkind construction of his words. For though you have ten thousand instructers To advance you in the knowledge of Christ; yet have ye not many... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Attitudes towards God’s servants (4:1-21)What the Corinthians think about the servants of God is not important. God is the one who gives his servants their work and they are responsible to him, not to anyone else (4:1-2). Paul is not concerned about the Corinthians’ assessment of him. Even Paul himself cannot properly assess how true his service has been. He may not know of any failure in his service, but that does not mean he is faultless. The only judgment that matters is the one that will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 4:14

I write, &c . Literally Not as putting you to shame do I write these thing. shame . Greek. entrepo. Occurs elsewhere, Matthew 21:37 . Mark 12:6 . Luke 18:2 , Luke 18:4 ; Luk 20:13 . 2 Thessalonians 3:14 .Titus 2:8 . Hebrews 12:9 , all in middle sense, meaning "to feel shame", and so "to reverence", as in the Gospels. beloved . App-135 . sons = children. App-108 . warn . Greek. noutheteo. See Acts 20:31 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my dear children.What a wealth of abused and suffering love lies in such a tender appeal as this! Not a word of blame, in the sense of recrimination not a trace of bitterness, just the appeal of a loving father for his wayward children. The great thrust of this whole argument was accurately seen by Morris "as an emphasis on the contradiction between the values of true Christians, and those of the worldly-wise Greeks."[31] The... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

1 Corinthians 4:14. I write not these things to shame you— See 2 Corinthians 11:20. St. Paul here (from 1 Corinthians 4:8-17.), by giving an account of his own conduct, gently rebukes them for following men of a different character, and exhorts them to be followers of himself. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

14. warn—rather, "admonish" as a father uses "admonition" to "beloved sons," not provoking them to wrath ( :-). The Corinthians might well be "ashamed" at the disparity of state between the father, Paul, and his spiritual children themselves. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:10-21

A. Divisions in the church 1:10-4:21The first major problem that Paul addressed was the divisions that were fragmenting this church.". . . this opening issue is the most crucial in the letter, not because their ’quarrels’ were the most significant error in the church, but because the nature of this particular strife had as its root cause their false theology, which had exchanged the theology of the cross for a false triumphalism that went beyond, or excluded, the cross." [Note: Idem, The First... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:14-15

It was not Paul’s purpose in writing the immediately preceding verses to humiliate the Corinthians. Other congregations would read this epistle. However, he did want to admonish them strongly as their father in the faith. They had many "tutors" or "guardians" (Gr. paidagogoi) who sought to bring them along in their growth in grace, but he was their only spiritual father."The paidagogos was the personal attendant who accompanied the boy, took him to school and home again, heard him recite his... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:14-21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 4:14-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 4:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 4:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:10-21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 4:14-15

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