In 6.1-13: Working together with God.
In verse 1: 1 Cor 3.9 confirms with him as a correct rendering of the Greek.
In verse 2: Isa 49.8.
In verse 3: This echoes the defensive tone of chs. 10-11.
In verse 4: Servants of God ("Theo diakonoi") should be rendered "ministers of God" for consistency.
In verses 4-10: Paul's list of commendations includes hardships (vv. 4-5) and virtuous behavior (vv. 6-7) lived out among life's contradictions and puzzles (vv. 8-10).
Many elements of this self-portrait are confirmed in Acts 13-28, as well as Paul's other descriptions of his ministry of his ministry (1 Thess 2).
The paradoxes of vv. 8-10 specify the ways he has embodied they dying and rising of Christ (4.10-12).
In verses 11-12: This final appeal indicates the level of alienation Paul and the Corinthians had experienced (11.1-6).
It continues in 7.2-4.
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