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I don`t write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
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A Father's Correction
Commentators unanimously highlight Paul's sudden shift in tone. After using sharp irony, he clarifies his motive: he is not trying to publicly humiliate the Corinthians. Instead, he speaks as a loving spiritual father whose goal is not shame for its own sake, but affectionate warning ('admonition') aimed at their spiritual growth and reformation.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
To shame you. It is not my design to put you to shame by showing you how little you suffer in comparison with us. This is not our design, …
To shame you (εντρεπων). Literally, shaming you (present active participle of εντρεπω), old verb to turn one on himself either mid…
19th Century
Anglican
I write not these things to shame you.—Better, I write these things not as one making you ashamed, but I am warning you as beloved chi…
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Paul’s seeming harshness in writing this to the Corinthians was not to “shame” (GK 1956) them but to warn them of the seriousness and perverseness …
16th Century
Protestant
I write not these things to shame you. As the previous instances of irony were very pointed, so that they might exasperate the minds of th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I write not these things to shame you Though they had a great deal of reason to be ashamed of the vain opinion they …
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In reproving sin, we should distinguish between sinners and their sins. Reproofs that kindly and affectionately warn are likely to reform.
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13th Century
Catholic
After censuring the Corinthians for rashly judging and presumptuously despising the apostles, the Apostle now begins to correct them. He does this …
