“Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.”
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries of God — Paul reframes apostolic status: not masters but 'servants' (hyperetēs, lit. 'under-rowers,' low-rank). Apostles are 'entrusted with the mysteries' (mysteria) of God—the gospel's hidden purposes now revealed. The paradox: low status (servant), high responsibility (bearer of mysteries). This inverts Corinthian status hierarchies.
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