## I do not write these things to shame you, but to correct you ##

AT: "I don't intend to shame you, but to improve you" or "I am not trying to shame you, but I want to correct you." (UDB)

## ten thousand tutors ##

an exaggeration of the number of people guiding him, to emphasize the importance of the one spiritual father. (see: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

## children...father ##

Because Paul had led them to Christ, he is like a father to the Corinthians. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## correct ##

AT: "improve" or "make better"

## urge ##

AT: "encourage strongly" or"recommend strongly"