1 Corinthians 4:15-17

New Catholic Bible

¹⁵ Even though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

¹⁶ I appeal to you then to be imitators of me. ¹⁷ For this reason I have sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every Church.