I write this to you, not because I want to make you feel ashamed, but to instruct you as my own dear children.
I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
I do not write this to shame you, but to warn and counsel you as my beloved children.
I write not these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children.
I’m not writing these things to make you ashamed but to warn you, since you are my loved children.
I am not writing these things in order to confound you, but in order to admonish you, as my dearest sons.
