...character of the Corinthians : " For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet ye have not many fathers ; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." It is implied in what Peter said to those to whom he addressed his Epistles, that the heart is regenerated...

...I write not those things to shame you," says the Apostle Paul, " but as my beloved sons I warn you. For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ,...Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel." And, says his fellow-labourer and apostolic asso230 THE SCOTTISH PULPIT. date, St. John, " I have no...

...ask you to bear in mind what an apostle saith of himself : " Though you have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you, through the Gospel." (I Cor. iv. 15.) He who hath nearly closed his sixty.fourth year cannot expect to continue long with...

...are the instruments of • the New birth,' 1 Cor. iv. 15, " Though ye have ten thousand instructors, yet have ye not many fathers ; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." The spiritual fathers are to be honoured. 1. In respect of their office. Whatever their persons are,...

...iii, 9,10. I [Paul] laboured more abundantly than they all [the apostles,] 1 Cor. xv, 10. Ye liave not many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel, 1 Cor. iv, 15. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son, Prov. xxviii, 7. Five virgins were woe, Matt. xxv,...

...; for the seal of mine apostleship arc ye in the Lord. For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers ; for in Christ Jesus have I begotten you through the Gospel," 1 Cor. ix, 2 ; iv, 15. When a minister of the Gospel, after...

...only that is called father, hear what Paul says : — For though ye should have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the Gospel1). For Paul was father of the Corinthians, not by having begotten them...

...was their father in Christ. In 4:15 he says, "For though you have ten thousand guides in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." Before Paul came to Corinth, the Corinthians were not plants. On the contrary, they were dead sinners....

...a word concerning spiritual birth in 4:15: "For though you have ten thousand guides in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel." The Greek word translated "guides" here means childconductors. These guides or child-conductors give...

...children I warn you. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have f g:h iP - 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. GOD HAS DISPLAYED US, THE APOSTLES...WE HAVE BEEN MADE A SPECTACLE...