1 Corinthians 4:15–16
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15For if you were to have countless atutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in bChrist Jesus I cbecame your father through the dgospel.
16Therefore I exhort you, be aimitators of me.
Cross references
- aGal 3:24f
- b1 Cor 1:30
- cNum 11:12; 1 Cor 3:8; Gal 4:19; Philem 10
- d1 Cor 9:12, 14, 18, 23; 15:1
- a1 Cor 11:1; Phil 3:17; 4:9; 1 Thess 1:6; 2 Thess 3:9
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
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. I urge you, then, be imitators of me.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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. So I urge you to imitate me.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
For if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I fathered you through the gospel. Therefore I exhort you, become imitators of me.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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. Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
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