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Paul is using sarcasm to express his point.
God has put us apostles on display ...
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.