## 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]])