1 Corinthians 4:17
“For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, who is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, who shal bring you into remembrance of my wayes which be in Christ, as I teach euery where in euery Church.”
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1 Corinthians 4:17 Context
15For though you haue ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet haue yee not many fathers: For in Christ Iesus I haue begotten you through the Gospel. 16Wherefore I beseech you, be yee followers of me. 17For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus, who is my beloued sonne, and faithfull in the Lord, who shal bring you into remembrance of my wayes which be in Christ, as I teach euery where in euery Church. 18Nowe some are puffed vp as though I would not come to you. 19But I wil come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will knowe, not the speach of them which are puffed vp, but the power.
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Other Translations for 1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
- King James Version
For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For this cause have I sent unto you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every church.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
- Basic English Bible
For this reason I have sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved and faithful child in [the] Lord, who shall put you in mind of my ways [as] they [are] in Christ, according as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
- Darby Bible
For this cause have I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who will bring you into remembrance of my ways which are in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
- Webster's Bible
For this reason I have sent Timothy to you. Spiritually he is my dearly-loved and faithful child. He will remind you of my habits as a Christian teacher--the manner in which I teach everywhere in every Church.
- Weymouth Bible
Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.
- World English Bible
Therfor Y sente to you Tymothe, which is my most dereworthe sone, and feithful in the Lord, which schal teche you my weies, that ben in Crist Jhesu; as Y teche euery where in ech chirche.
- Wycliffe Bible
because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 4:17
4:17 My beloved son - Elsewhere he styles him brother, #2Cor 1:1|; but here paternal affection takes place. As I teach - No less by example than precept.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 4:17
1Co 4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus. Timothy, Paul's "son in the gospel" (Ac 16:1-3 Php 2:22), had already been sent onward toward Corinth (1Co 16:10), but going round by land would not arrive until after this letter, if it went across by sea. Who will bring you into remembrance. Timothy will revive their remembrance of Of my ways which be in Christ. Paul's life, conduct and teachings, so that they can the better "follow" him (1Co 4:16).