“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.”
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake — Paul establishes the apostle's self-effacement. The gospel is not about the preacher; it is about Christ as kyrios (Lord, the supreme authority). Apostles are servants (douloi) in this proclamation.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 4:5
“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.” And what is the nature of the connection there? What has this in common with what has been said? He either hints at them as exalting themselves, and persuading the disciples to name themselves after them: as he said in the former Epistle, “I am of Paul and I of Apollos;” or else another thing of the gravest character. What then is this? Seeing that they waged fierce war…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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