1 Corinthians 4:14-21 (ESV)
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. 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 of these arrogant people but their power. For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness?
When we address an issue or seek to instruct a brother in the truth we should seek to have the right attitude. Paul wrote that he had not written these things to make them ashamed, but to admonish them as children. Paul sought to live a life above reproach to the point he would urge others to imitate him. Paul sent Timothy to the Corinthians to remind them ways in Christ. May we always be glad to be reminded of the truth. Is very helpful to have repetition and what better thing than to have the repetitious hearing of the Gospel and truth of God.
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