Jehovah's Witnesses Straight Talk - Forum/Blog

1Cor.4:15 For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

Jesus made it clear that we as God's own children are not to be calling any man upon earth Father, or our leader, we are all brothers in Christ Jesus, so was Paul here setting himself up as the father of the Corinthian congregation going directly against Christ Jesus words too him? Well, should we take one verse out of context to all Paul's writings we could build a worldwide empire of false religion were we call some human in the sinful flesh our Father on earth.

Paul has just spoken above of how he was despised and looked down upon by the world, how each of the apostles had been treated as the off scouring of the world, so he was a father to this congregation, but not in the wisdom of the world, or the love of kingship over the congregation , but in suffering in Christ Jesus for the Good News. If he was the father or starter of this congregation in suffering how could they now have the worldly wise ruling over them a king teachers?

Nothing in all of Paul's writings ever hinted of anything idol worship, but Christ Jesus, and him impaled for the congregation of God, in fact, Paul would later stand against some of Christ own apostles for seeking the glory of man's approval, instead of accepting the Gentiles believer as part of the congregation of Christ.

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