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1 Corinthians 4:15-17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 Corinthians 4:15-17
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
15 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. 16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 17 Therefore I sent[a] to 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.
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1 Corinthians 4:15-17
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1 Corinthians 4:15-17
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15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(A) through the gospel.(B) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(C) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(D) Timothy,(E) my son(F) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(G)
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