1 Corinthians
King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 4:14
“I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.”
King James Version (KJV)
1 Corinthians 4:14 Context
11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; 12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. 14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. 15For 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. 16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 17For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
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Other Translations
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
- Basic English Bible
Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].
- Darby Bible
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
- Webster's Bible
I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.
- Weymouth Bible
I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- World English Bible
Y write not these thingis, that Y confounde you, but Y warne as my moste dereworthe sones.
- Wycliffe Bible
Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
- Youngs Literal Bible
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- American Standard Version (1901)
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
- Basic English Bible
Not [as] chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish [you].
- Darby Bible
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
- Webster's Bible
I am not writing all this to shame you, but I am offering you advice as my dearly-loved children.
- Weymouth Bible
I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
- World English Bible
Y write not these thingis, that Y confounde you, but Y warne as my moste dereworthe sones.
- Wycliffe Bible
Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 4:14
4:14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you - It is with admirable prudence and sweetness the apostle adds this, to prevent any unkind construction of his words.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 4:14
1Co 4:14 I write not these things to shame you. I do not contrast your pride and glorying with our humiliation to shame you. But, as my beloved sons, to warn [you]. As a fatherly admonition to beloved children.