12. We work hard with our own hands to feed ourselves. When people insult us, we ask God to bless them. When people treat us badly, we accept it.
13. When people say bad things about us, we try to say something that will help them. But people still treat us like the world’s garbage—everyone’s trash.
14. I am not trying to make you feel ashamed, but I am writing this to counsel you as my own dear children.
15. You may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. Through the Good News I became your father in Christ Jesus.
16. So I beg you to be like me.