“What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants [diakonoi] through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one” (1 Cor. 3:5) and then, “Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants [hypēretai] of Christ and stewards [oikonomoi] of the mysteries of God” (1 Cor. 4:1). The focus is not on themselves as leaders but on the one on whose behalf they serve and proclaim the gospel.
