For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a (A)spectacle [a]to the world, both to angels and to men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 4:9 Lit. theater

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die(A) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle(B) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.

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(A)You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.

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God Disciplines His Children

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(A)

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