1 Corinthians 4:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.”
A short, plain-language explanation of 1 Corinthians 4:15 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 4:15 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
- Romans 15:20In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- 1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
- 1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 9:14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 9:18What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.
- 1 Corinthians 9:23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.
- 2 Corinthians 3:1Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
- Galatians 4:19My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
- 2 Timothy 4:3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
- Titus 1:4To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- Philemon 1:10I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.
- Philemon 1:19I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
- James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
- 1 Peter 1:23For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
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