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Forγὰρeven ifἐὰνyou haveἔχητεten thousandμυρίουςguardiansπαιδαγωγοὺςinἐνthe Messiah,Χριστῷyou do not haveἀλλ’ οὐmanyπολλοὺςfathers;πατέραςforγὰρinἐνthe MessiahΧριστῷJesusἸησοῦIἐγὼfatheredἐγέννησαyouὑμᾶςthroughδιὰthe good news.τοῦ εὐαγγελίου
1 Corinthians 4:15
Study it in the app“For 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.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 4:15, word by word
- you haveἔχητεechēte
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echēte” appears- ten thousandμυρίουςmyrious
ten thousand
Ten thousand; also countless.
Where else “myrious” appears- guardiansπαιδαγωγοὺςpaidagōgous
guardian, tutor
Guardian, tutor: a slave who went with the children and watched over them.
Where else “paidagōgous” appears- the MessiahΧριστῷChristōi
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christōi” appears- manyπολλοὺςpollous
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “pollous” appears- fathersπατέραςpateras
originator
One who starts something or whom others follow.
Where else “pateras” appears- JesusἸησοῦIēsou
Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appears- fatheredἐγέννησαegennēsa
father
To have a son, or be his ancestor.
Where else “egennēsa” appears- the good newsεὐαγγελίουeuangeliou
good news
Good news: an announcement of victory or of joy. It is the word usually translated "gospel".
Where else “euangeliou” appears
Translation note
The guardian was a slave who accompanied and watched over the children; he was not their father.
The context
14I am not writing these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
15 · This verse (above)
16I urge you, then, become imitators of me.