What Paul is contrasting in the big picture here is that type of new covenant ministry to the false ministry of the false teachers in Corinth who are all about the leader of the glowing face. They just want to get up and show how awesome they are and show how powerful they are in speaking and that kind of thing to bring glory to themselves. Paul says real Christian ministry is something different. Real Christian ministry is about being transformed by the presence of Christ in a way that you then