Christ” and that Christ was achieving his missionary purposes “through” him (Rom 15:18–19). For Paul apostleship was no empty “office.” He sought to replicate Christ as he represented Christ, for example, in “meekness and gentleness.” Christ’s own sufferings spilled over from Golgotha and afflicted Paul the preacher wherever he went. Paul preached Christ crucified and risen, and he saw his missionary experience in similar terms, as “Christoform.” Paul embodied the Christ-centered message he preached.