The KJ is good enough for me but for those of little understanding maybe the NIV works better
Corinthians 4:14-21
14 I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
This takes no explanation so i will not insult you by explaining it, just note he told them he was their father ( a tittle )
Corinthians 4:14-21 14 I am writing this not to shame you but to warn you as my dear children. 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
This takes no explanation so i will not insult you by explaining it, just note he told them he was their father ( a tittle )
Yet, you went ahead and tried to explain the verse and attempted to use a backhanded insult in the process....but I bet you are aware of that.
However, it still does not say what you want it to say. No where does Paul extol the Corinthians, or anyone else for that matter, to refer to him as Father Paul.
The phrase in question is rendered as follows in the Greek:
ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα.
A literal rendering would be: I you have begotten.
Pau's introduction to the Corinthians.... 1Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 1 Corinthians 1:1 NASB
No reference to being Father Paul.
If we were to apply Roman Catholic logic to the situation, anytime you help lead someone to Christ you would be their father. This would result in everyone who did this being addressed as Father _______.
That it does not happen that way shows how incorrect your attempt to understand this passage really is.