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1Cor.4:14 I don't write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.

Paul chose his words here carefully, because the flesh punishes into guilt where there is a fine line between guilt and love, the body of Christ Jesus is governed by love, and the freedom of Spirit, which has set body members free from guilt of sin in the undeserved gift of Christ Jesus life. Those fleshly teachers were using guilt in Christ Jesus to manipulate ones into going along with their ways. This is the process of worldly wisdom by creating guilt to make people to something they don't really want to do. But Paul understood God's children served Him because they wanted too out of love, the love governing the body of Christ Jesus.

Rom.13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

A person loving wisdom, which is, Christ Jesus, for the body of Christ wants to be admonish to hold the faith, they don't despise being encouraged to do what is correct, rather they realize it or not, it is one more gift God has given too members of the body to help them stay in Christ Jesus, by focusing their mind's on the things above, and not each others faults. This was the type of admonishment Paul was giving, a loving strengthening of their faith. He was not trying to have his way, or trying to make himself look better, or defend his position so he didn't lose face among the brothers.

1Cor.13:4 Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,
13:5 doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
13:6 doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 13:7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 13:8 Love never fails.

No! Such fleshly control was not Paul's concern here, it was the Christ and nothing but the Christ impaled for these brothers, and sisters, so they might walk in faith. Paul understood what many of us today do not? The body belongs too Christ Jesus, and Paul was, but one more member of it, what he said was for the body, and not his glory, it was Christ Jesus speaking through him for Christ had stated that he loved and cherished body, it would be Christ that would enforce his own words through Paul, not Paul using guilty.

Ephesians 5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly; 5:30 because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

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