1 Corinthians 4 NLT
14 I am not writing these things to shame
you, but to warn you as my beloved children.
15 For even if you had ten thousand others
to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became
your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you.
16 So I urge you to imitate me.
17 That’s why I have sent Timothy, my
beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of how I follow
Christ Jesus, just as I teach in all the churches wherever I go.
18 Some of you have become arrogant,
thinking I will not visit you again.
19 But I will come—and soon—if the Lord
lets me, and then I’ll find out whether these arrogant people just give
pretentious speeches or whether they really have God’s power.
20 For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot
of talk; it is living by God’s power.
21 Which do you choose? Should I come with
a rod to punish you, or should I come with love and a gentle spirit?
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