1 Corinthians 4:15KJV

13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things unto this day.

14I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn .

15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

16Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

17For 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.