en_tn_lite_do_not_use/1co/04/08.md

## Already ##

Paul is using sarcasm to express his point.

## God has put us apostles on display ... ##

<b>God has put us apostles on display ...<b> Paul expresses two ways how God has put his apostles on display for the world to see. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## has put us apostles on display ##

God has displayed the apostles just like prisoners at the end of a  Roman military parade are humiliated before their execution. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

## 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 angels and to human beings ##

to both supernatural and mankind.