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# God has put us apostles on display
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Paul expresses two ways that God has put his apostles on display for the world to see. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# has put us apostles on display
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God has displayed the apostles just like prisoners who are at the end of a Roman military parade and who are humiliated before their execution. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# like men sentenced to death
God put the apostles on display like men who are about to be executed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# to the world—to angels, and to human beings
Possible meanings are 1) "the world" consists of both supernatural ("angels") and natural ("human beings") or 2) the list consists of three items: "to the world, to angels, and to human beings." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])