Today’s text ends Paul’s response from a report. 

The report came from a woman named Chloe, who we met in Chapter 1.

Paul finds out that there is a significant division over who the best preacher is in the Church.

Last week Paul taught us that preachers are merely servants. 

“Under-rowers” for Christ.

And today, Paul goes into much more detail on what it looks like to be an “under-rower” / servant/steward for Christ.

He emphasizes how the Christian life is to be lived, and he uses his life as an example.

We’ll see how his life, and the life of the Corinthians were drastically different.

Two Key Themes:

Human pride is a direct contradiction to the Gospel-centered life.

The Christian life includes a life of sacrifice.