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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"