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translationWords
- en:tw:beloved
- en:tw:beloved
- en:tw:children
- en:tw:children
- en:tw:father
- en:tw:father
- en:tw:goodnews
- en:tw:goodnews
- en:tw:imitate
- en:tw:imitate
- en:tw:shame
- en:tw:shame
translationNotes
- 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: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole)
- children...father - Because Paul had led them to Christ, he is like a father to the Corinthians. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor)
- correct - AT: "improve" or "make better"
- urge - AT: "encourage strongly" or"recommend strongly"