even) be called masters: (from kathēgētēs [2519]) for One is your Master (Kathēgētēs), even the Christ” (a.t.). is used in an absolute sense. “Father” This does not use contradict Paul’s relative as, for example, when he says: though “For ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Cor. 4:15). Even here, gospel” (1 Paul’s statement is carefully articulated: he is a in begotten “father Christ”—having “in Christ”—not a in “father himself” (“in” the meaning “under sovereignty of” [Christ]). sharp theological mind conveys the Paul’s accurately sequenced thought that Christ fathered the Corinthians through Paul by the gospel (His Word). Moreover, Paul was not encouraging the incorrigible Corinthians to call him He merely informed them of “father.” his right above other instructors to disciple them with the Word of Christ.
even) be called masters: (from kathēgētēs [2519]) for One is your Master (Kathēgētēs), even the Christ” (a.t.). “Father” is used in an absolute sense. This does not contradict Paul’s relative use as, for example, when he says: “For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel” (1 Cor. 4:15). Even here, Paul’s statement is carefully articulated: he is a “father in Christ”—having begotten “in Christ”—not a “father in himself” (“in” meaning “under the sovereignty of” [Christ]). Paul’s sharp theological mind conveys the accurately sequenced thought that Christ fathered the Corinthians through Paul by the gospel (His Word). Moreover, Paul was not encouraging the incorrigible Corinthians to call him “father.” He merely informed them of his right above other instructors to disciple them with the Word of Christ.
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