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1 Corinthians 4:14-21

1 Corinthians 4:14-21 CSB

I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children.  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. This is why I have sent  Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful  child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ Jesus, just as I teach everywhere in every church. Now some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. But I will come to you soon,  if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk, but the power of those who are arrogant. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod,  or in love and a spirit of gentleness?