1 Corinthians 4:15

Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

Cross References (17)

  • Galatians 4:19 (6)

    My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

  • 1 Corinthians 3:10 (5)

    By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each on

  • 1 Peter 1:23 (3)

    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:23 (3)

    I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:14 (3)

    In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.

  • Philemon 1:19 (2)

    I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

  • 2 Corinthians 3:1–3 (2)

    Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from y

  • James 1:18 (2)

    He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:18 (2)

    What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preac

  • 1 Corinthians 9:12 (2)

    If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instea

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6 (2)

    I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

  • Titus 1:4 (2)

    To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

  • Romans 15:20 (2)

    In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone e

  • Acts 18:4–11 (2)

    Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.

  • 2 Timothy 4:3 (2)

    For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselv

  • Philemon 1:10–12 (2)

    I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whose father I became while I was in chains.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:1–2 (1)

    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?