“Paul is acting here like a good physician who alleviates the pain caused by his operation to remove the disease, so that the sick person will let himself be cured.”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
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12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
— 1 Corinthians 4:14 —
15For 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.