1 Corinthians 4:14-21 - Paul's Concern For The Corinthian Believers

¹⁴ I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. ¹⁵ Though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news. ¹⁶ For this reason I urge you to imitate me. ¹⁷ I send Timothy, my beloved son faithful in the Lord, to you for this purpose. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ, just as I teach it in every congregation. ¹⁸ Now some have become proud (arrogant), thinking that I would not come to you. ¹⁹ But I will come to you shortly, if God wills, and I will get to know what the proud ones do and not what they say, but their power. ²⁰ For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. ²¹ What do you want? Shall I come to you with punishment or with love, and in the mild spirit of meekness?