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13 They talk behind our backs, but we still try to win them. People treat us as a dirt pile, the rubbish of the world. And they still do these things.

14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed. But you are my dear children and I want to teach you.

15 Even if you have ten thousand people to take care of you as Christians, yet you do not have many fathers. I am your Christian father because I brought you the good news.

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13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(A) of the world—right up to this moment.

Paul’s Appeal and Warning

14 I am writing this not to shame you(B) but to warn you as my dear children.(C) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(D) through the gospel.(E)

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