13 when slandered, we entreat. (A)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (B)the refuse of all things.

14 I do not write these things (C)to make you ashamed, but to admonish you (D)as my beloved children. 15 For (E)though you have countless[a] guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For (F)I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:15 Greek you have ten thousand

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