Christian humility: It seems to me that God has put us apostles in the worst possible place. 1 Corinthians 4:9

The apostle Paul founded the Church of Corinth on his second missionary journey, after having spent some time in Athens, where he expounded his theology in the Areopagus before the pagans. In the Church of Corinth, Paul achieved great success preaching the gospel for a year and a half, as recounted in the Book of Acts, after which he went to Ephesus to conclude his second missionary journey, arriving in the city of Antioch.
It is very likely that the apostle Paul wrote the first letter to the Corinthians while in Ephesus during his third missionary journey, a city in which he stayed for approximately three years. The apostle Paul wrote his spiritual letter with the intention of correcting numerous errors that were occurring in the community, the social divisions between rich and poor, and the arrival of alleged ministers of Christ who contradicted Paul, and all this was happening at a time when the teaching of the gospel was fundamentally oral, and there were no written texts.
In this epistle, Paul spoke of a purely human wisdom and a divine wisdom, and that this wisdom from above, which is inspired, should serve for the edification of the body, which is the Church. And then Paul wrote about the importance of leadership in the community, and especially that there should be no factions or ideological divisions because the Church is one body. In Paul's theological thought, ministers should be people clothed in Christian humility. And so the apostle wrote about how those who lead the community should be perceived, setting himself as an example: "So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's mysteries" 1 Corinthians 4:1. And then Paul went on to explain that leadership should be fundamentally about serving and helping others, because as Jesus taught, those who exalt themselves will be humbled. That is why Paul reflected on what it means to be in a position of service to others: "It seems to me that God has put us apostles in the worst possible place" 1 Corinthians 4:9. With this, Paul humbled himself to teach the Church of Corinth that he did not follow worldly desires but served only Christ. With this, Paul finally meditated on that wisdom of Christ that makes believers brothers and sisters to one another and children of the Most High.

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