We see Paul’s affection in his reference to the unique tie between him and the Corinthians. They may have ten thousand guardians, but not one of them is a father to them, and it is that that Paul became through the gospel. It is not easy to translate paidagōgous (NIV, guardians), for in our community we do not have the equivalent. The word referred to a slave who had special responsibility for a boy. ‘The paidagōgos was the personal attendant who accompanied the boy, took him to school and home again,