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I am notΟὐκwritingγράφωthese thingsταῦταto shameἐντρέπωνyou,ὑμᾶςbutἀλλ’to admonish youνουθετῶνasὡςmyμουbelovedἀγαπητὰchildren.τέκνα
1 Corinthians 4:14
Study it in the app“I am not writing these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 4:14, word by word
- writingγράφωgraphō
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “graphō” appears- to shameἐντρέπωνentrepōn
shame
To make someone feel embarrassed.
Where else “entrepōn” appears- to admonish youνουθετῶνnouthetōn
admonish
Admonish, warn, correct with counsel.
Where else “nouthetōn” appears- belovedἀγαπητὰagapēta
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “agapēta” appears- childrenτέκναtekna
child
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appears
The context
13when slandered, we encourage; we have become like the refuse of the world, the scum of all things, until now.
14 · This verse (above)
15For even if you have ten thousand guardians in the Messiah, you do not have many fathers; for in the Messiah Jesus I fathered you through the good news.